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Quality
This is an early work but ranks easily with the others
I have just one major issue with the book the proofreading quality is abysmal
But he balances that with the neglect shown by pilsudski to white army general wrangels last ditch offensive to defeat the soviets
Perhaps with the fall of comunism it might be a good idea to revisit this work and possibly put out an updated edition with wha... Read More
Competitiveness
Norman davies keeps a nuetral prospective of the events
The world owes a debt to the poles
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polish, soviet, russian, military and french. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- This product had a total of 100 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 28 2022.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This book is no exception it does an admirable job explaining the leadup to the haphazard and nearly historyaltering polishsoviet war makes battlefield strategiesactions and consequences clear for the nonmilitary historian and casual reader and manages to be relatively nonbiased despite daviess strong polish slant in his other books
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I have just one major issue with the book the proofreading quality is abysmal
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Its too bad that the abundance of spelling errors detracts from such an accomplishment
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The author is the preminent student of polish history in the english language
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
American history classes ignore eu history
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Ordinarily this would be recommended reading to a russian or polish scholar or someone interested in the early growth of communism in europe
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Davies and it doesnt flow quite as smoothly as some of his later works