Suicide (Suvorov)
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| Самоубийство ("Suicide") | |
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| Author | Viktor Suvorov |
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| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Genre(s) | Soviet Union history Military history |
| Publisher | AST |
| Publication date | 2001 (latest version) |
| Pages | 380 (softcover) |
| ISBN | ISBN 5-17-007812-9 |
Самоубийство (Suicide) is a book by Viktor Suvorov about German preparations for the war with the Soviet Union.
Suvorov argues that the German army was ill-prepared, Germany's leaders were unsophisticated (if not foolish), that attacking Russia was suicidal for Germany (hence the title of the book), and suggests an explanation why nevertheless Hitler did what he did. Suvorov compares German and Soviet armies, and concludes, that the latter had superiority of almost every kind. Suvorov points at German lack of gasoline already in Summer 1941 and the lack of strategic bombers which would have been necessary to destroy Soviet military industry beyond the Urals, even if initial Blitzkrieg plan had succeeded. He also criticises Soviet-era historiography and answers to some of the criticism raised against him.[1]
[edit] External links
- A book review of Самоубийство
