Thunder in the East

Evan Mawdsley is former Professor of International History at the University of Glasgow, UK. He has written extensively on 20th-century Russia and World War Two.

• Series Editor's PrefacePrefacePart I: The Nazi Onslaught, 1941-421. Hitler's War2. Preparations and Perceptions3. Operation BARBAROSSA, June to September 19414. Moscow and the End of BARBAROSSA, October to December 19415. The First Soviet Offensive, December 1941 to May 19426. Moscow, Stalingrad, Leningrad, June 1942 to January 1943Part II: The Soviet Victory, 1943-457. Total War I: Wartime Arms and Armies8. Total War II: Occupation and Diplomacy9. The Turning Tide, January to September 194310. The Ukraine and Leningrad, August 1943 to April 194411. To the Soviet Frontiers, June to October 194412. The March into Eastern Europe, July 1944 to May 194513. The Destruction of Nazi Germany, October 1944 to May 194514. ConclusionChronology of Events, 1939-45GlossaryBibliographyIndex

The historiography of the Nazi-Soviet war has changed radically over time leading to a confusing array of competing narratives on many issues. Capturing this vast war in a single condensed, accessible and even-handed volume has eluded most attempts until relatively recently and Mawdsley’s Thunder in the East is without doubt the best. This new edition is brilliantly comprehensive and delightfully rich in German, Russian and English source material. The narrative is engaging, the analysis remarkably perceptive and Mawdsley’s conclusions are, as always, well-reasoned. This is the book to own on the Nazi-Soviet war.