Abstract
The author/editor has provided the reader with a useful compilation of quotations arranged more or less in chronological order concerning Marshal Zhukov. Many come from Zhukov's publications. Others come from a wide variety of "experts." There is little formal documentation. Internal documentation is frequent, "x says" and often "x admits," which brought forth memories of Progress Publisher translations of Soviet works in the Cold War era. The Russian equivalent of "admit" has numerous shades of meaning and the Russian translators hopefully meant corroborated rather then admitted. The author has relied almost exclusively on secondary sources. One of the dangers is that the works are often unreliable. For example, Hitler is quoted as saying that Kursk would be a torch, a statement that makes no sense. In fact, the German word used is more adequately translated as fiery message.
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