Enemy at the Gates: best book on Stalingrad (not just about the sniper duel!)

[Freycinet]

Regarding Stalingrad. - This book is THE BEST history book about the battle:

http://www.amazon.com/Enemy-Gates-Battle-Stalingrad-Tie-/dp/0142000000/ref=la_B001IXO04U_1_1_title_1_pap?ie=UTF8&qid=1355239557&sr=1-1

"Enemy at the Gates" by William Craig.

 

- It is NOT about the sniper duel, but about the whole battle. The sniper duel just takes up three pages of the book.

 

- If you haven't read about the Battle of Stalingrad then do yourself a favour and read this book (It is much better than Beevor's). Craig really makes the battle come alive, and the enormity of it comes through in every page. An emotional and informative read.

 

- You can read the first pages of the book for free at the Amazon link, to get a feeling for Craig's writing.

[[LAS]URURolf]

If it talks about the duel, then it is not good. It never happened.

 

I prefer Beevors crude description of the main role in battle of lice and fleas.

[saipan]

i have both. great reads.

[Freycinet]

If it talks about the duel, then it is not good. It never happened.

 

I prefer Beevors crude description of the main role in battle of lice and fleas.

No duel, it just spends three pages about the snipers at stalingrad.

 

How can you prefer beevors book if you didn't read both? :-)

[SHARK.Apolo]

If to speak about the real Vasily Zaytsev and real historical events, the duel of the sniper was (read his book "For Us, There Was No Land Beyond the Volga?

Edited January 21, 2013 by SHARK.Apolo

[4S_Nero]

The best book on Stalingrad Battle is this:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Stalingrad-Fateful-1942-1943-Antony-Beevor/dp/0140284583

[Freycinet]

The best book on Stalingrad Battle is this:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Stalingrad-Fateful-1942-1943-Antony-Beevor/dp/0140284583

How do you think it compares to Craig's?

 

[WklinkTomCofield]

It's sad that they put that movie poster front on the book.  It is a good, historic account of the entire battle.  The movie bears absolutely no resemblance to the book.