- Suicide (Suvorov)
infobox Book |
name = Самоубийство ("Suicide")
author =Viktor Suvorov
cover_artist =
country = Russia
language = Russian
genre = Soviet Union history
Military history
publisher = AST
release_date = 2001 (latest version)
media_type =
pages = 380 (softcover)
isbn = ISBN 5-17-007812-9"Suicide" is a book by
Viktor Suvorov about German preparations for the war with theSoviet 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 criticized Soviet-era historiography and answers to some of the criticism raised against him. [http://www.amazon.com/dp/5170078129]The book
**"Suicide". For what reason Hitler attacked the Soviet Union? ( _ru. Самоубийство), Moscow, ACT, 2000, ISBN 5-17-003119-X
External links
*A book review of [http://www.historiography-project.com/jhrchives/v20/v20n6p59_Michaels.html "Самоубийство"]
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