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Your review is perceptive, insightful, (Reply to this comment)
by Howard_Creech
and very well written---I'll have to keep an eye out for this book.
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Apr 01 '04
12:21 am PST
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by verbatima
Dear swoeste,
You left the following as a comment on my review of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: I put this comment here, in part, because I did not find your e-mail address. The comment is about your comment on the Stalingrad review. I understood that the invasion of Russia began in 1941. However, I made a statement about the "drive into Russia in 1942"; meaning the Germans moved deeper into Russia to take Stalingrad in 1942, not that the invasion began in 1942.
If you need to reply to raters' comments, you can do so here by clicking on the link entitled "reply to this comment". I cannot speak for everyone, but when I leave a comment, I subscribe to the comment alert and always read (though do not necessarily respond to) all replies. Therefore, you don't need to leave replies on my unrelated reviews (and in fact, it would be best if you remove you comment from my review of ESSM).
As to the substance of your reply -- I understand what you mean now, but I still believe that your reference to 1942 as the year in which Germans "drove into Russia" as, at the very least, misleading. Germans "drove into Russia" in 1941 -- by the end of the year, in fact, they drove as far as Moscow and managed to blockade Leningrad.
Regards,
V.
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Mar 31 '04
10:29 am PST
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Re: hey there... (Reply to this comment)
by verbatima
Indeed, to the extent that I can learn from this review, it seems that the author learned primarily from German sources.
Steve: One tiny inaccuracy: the Germans invaded Russia in 1941, not 1942. (June 22, 1941 (4 AM), to be exact.) Otherwise, good review.
V.
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Mar 30 '04
6:35 pm PST
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hey there... (Reply to this comment)
by sleeper54,  in Books
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There is always one, ehh?
Are there maps, photos in the book? How did the author accumulate the material to write the book? From Russian archives or German or . . .? Did he interview survivors, participants, etc.? Does he even talk about all this?
What is the author's background that gives him the expertise (or chutzpah) to write this book?
Was it written as a reference text or as a simple telling of the story of Stalingrad?
Just a few of the questions I am left with. And that would be helpful for me to know if I were considering reading this book or not.
But certainly an excellent review of the book as the overall rate attests.
...tom...
"I hear it said that West Berlin is militarily untenable - and so was Bastogne, and so, in fact, was Stalingrad. Any danger spot is tenable if men--brave men--will make it so."
—John F. Kennedy
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Mar 30 '04
8:10 am PST
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yup (Reply to this comment)
by garym
Enjoyed the review. I think IŽd enjoy the book. Thanks for the info.
Gary
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Mar 29 '04
2:21 pm PST
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Excellent Review (Reply to this comment)
by Bruguru, in Books
Sounds like a book I would definitely enjoy. Thanks for the heads up!
John
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Mar 29 '04
6:53 am PST
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