In 2012; the company that created World of Tanks; the phenomenal world-wide massive; multi-player online game; started publishing a series of books in Russian that utilized Soviet documents and archival materials that had never before been seen by outsiders or published in any language about the design; procurement; development; manufacturing; and combat employment of Soviet armored fighting vehicles (AFVs) during World War Two (the Great Patriotic War to Russians). Now these remarkable books are being published in English with the obvious aphorism The Russian View. Hundreds of photos; illustrations; tables; and diagrams tell the story about the development of the SU-152 tank-killer.BONUS: Every SU-152 book contains a unique code that provides 7 days of Premium; 1000 Gold; 100;000 credits; and a SU-85i (Soviet tank destroyer) worth about $15 in World of Tanks.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. This is my third copy. I work it. ...By Old HistorianThis is my third copy. I work it. If you are interested in an accurate historical account of the Bolsheviks in 1917 then this is the book.25 of 27 people found the following review helpful. Good HistoryBy SteinerThis is a highly detailed account of the rise of the Bolshevik party in Petrograd after the initial overthrow of the Czar in 1917. This volume demonstrates the repeated attempts of Kerensky's provisional government to block the development of Socialism in Russia. Rabinowitch paints a picture of the Bolsheviks in striking contrast to the conventional view; far from being an elitist party of authoritarian leaders who organized an unwarranted coup in Petrograd; the Bolsheviks were in fact a highly nuanced party which rode the wave of a rising revolutionary proletariat. Lenin's attunement to working class consciousness in the months to the October Revolution was perhaps the primary strength of the Bolshevik leadership. Aside from Rabinowitch's terribly awkward prose style; this is an excellent reversal of a commonly accepted narrative.1 of 51 people found the following review helpful. Rabinowitch ignores the fact that Russian Empire was the greatest military on the globe and when the Reds took ...By Not Professor Know It AllAs one who has read works of those Americans that were there during the October Revolution; e.g. John Reed. Rabinowitch paints a picture without observance of the 1861 emancipation of serfs in Russia. Without consideration of oligarchy revolution of 1905. Rabinowitch ignores the fact that Russian Empire was the greatest military on the globe and when the Reds took over it meant that Russia backed out of the War. The United States was offended by this betrayal.
