THE TIGERS ARE BURNING

by Martin Caidin ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 1, 1974

World War II chroniclers, with a fixed number of battles to work with, are running out of ""indepth analysis"" material, but this has not prevented them from going back to the beginning and starting over. With military historians, each book becomes a scholarly reference for the next one. This time Martin Caidin has selected Kursk, ""the most massive armored military engagement in the history of warfare,"" in which the Russians took the Eastern Front initiative from the Germans and headed them toward defeat. Kursk, according to Caidin, was the turning point (was there ever a battle that wasn't?). This is his eighteenth military study and does not differ from his earlier ones -- a skillful research paper heavily based on official documents and published memoirs. It contains all the statistics you could possibly want, plus an occasional story of individual heroism.

Pub Date: April 1, 1974

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Hawthorne

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1974

Categories: NONFICTION