The Battle for Kursk, 1943: The Soviet General Staff Study

by David M. Glantz (Editor), Harold S. Orenstein (Editor)

Overview

This volume offers detailed information about the Red Army's preparation for and conduct of the Battle of Kursk, the nature of the war on the German Eastern Front, and on the range of horrors that have characterized warfare in the 20th century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714644936
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/29/1999
Series:	Soviet (Russian) Study of War , #10
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

A graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the U.S. Army's Command and General Staff College, Defense Language Institute, Institute for Russian and Eastern European Studies, and US Army War College, before retiring from the U.S. Army in December 1993, Colonel David M. Glantz served for over 30 years in various field artillery, intelligence, teaching, and research assignments in Europe and Vietnam, taught at the United States Military Academy, the Combat Studies Institute, and Army War College, founded and directed the U.S. Army's Foreign (Soviet) Military Studies Office, and established and currently edits The Journal of Slavic Military Studies. A member of the Russian Federation's Academy of Natural Sciences, he has written or co-authored more than 60 books and self-published studies and atlases, as well as hundreds of articles on Soviet military strategy, intelligence, and deception and the history of the Red (Soviet) Army, Soviet (Russian) military history, and World War II. In recognition of his work, he has received numerous awards including the Society of Military History's prestigious Samuel Eliot Morrison Prize for his contributions to the study of military history.

Table of Contents

Stone & Stone: Second World War Book Book Review- " provides a deeply detailed analysis of the Battle of Kursk...the book is clearly devoted to investigating a variety of technical topics which would be of most interest to the generals responsible for planning and fighting similar battles."



The Journal of Military History, Vol 64, No 2, April 2000

"This contemporary wartime Soviet General Staff study supplies a wealth of detail which gives it immediate, present-day relevance ... In the vast and varies historiography of the battle of Kursk this Soviet General Staff survey occupies a unique place, much of its material either surprisingly fresh or directly pertinent to clarifying aspects and incidents long obscured."



Choice

"Those interested in a staff appreciation of the Soviet side of the battle of Kursk will find both strategic and tactical grist here."



ARMOR:

" a reader can profit from examining this study as a good example of a thorough report and a staff producing optimal work even while operating under the stress of war".

Editorial Reviews

Prepared by the Red Army General Staff in 1944 from combat reports and other top-secret archive material, a practical and candid internal document by which the Army sought to understand the preparation for and operation of the July 1943 battle that decidedly stopped the German advance eastward. It provides information on areas ranging from overall Soviet strategic intents and military planning and the employment of large-scale armored and air forces to mundane matters such as planning artillery fire, engineer preparation of the battlefield, and logistical support. Glantz and Orenstein, both specialists in Soviet military and political events during the Great Patriotic War add corrections, clarification for the original maps included, information from other sources, and some sober notes to rebalance the sometimes exuberant self-congratulation. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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