Hitler's War in the East, 1941-1945. (3rd Edition): A Critical Assessment

by Rolf-Dieter Müller, Gerd R. Ueberschär

This volume provides a guide to the extensive literature on the war in the East, including largely unknown Soviet writing on the subject. Indispensable for military historians, but also for all scholars who approach this crucial period in world history from a socio-economic or cultural perspective.

Genres: History, World War II, Nonfiction

524 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2000

About the author

Rolf-Dieter Müller is a German military historian and political scientist, who has served as Scientific Director of the German Armed Forces Military History Research Office since 1999. Rolf-Dieter Müller is also a former professor of military history at Humboldt University.
Müller, in cooperation with German journalist Rudibert Kunz, is known for being the first historian to write about the use of chemical weapons in the Rif War in a 1990 book titled Giftgas Gegen Abd El Krim: Deutschland, Spanien und der Gaskrieg in Spanisch-Marokko, 1922-1927.
Müller was one of the lead researchers on the seminal work Germany and the Second World War.

Reviews

[Binston Birchill · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book if you’re looking for sources on many different aspects on Hitler’s war in the east. Many of the sources are only available in German or Russian but fortunately the vast bibliography provides a solid amount of English sources as well.

The book is broken down into approximately 30 page sections dealing with different aspects of the war, policy and strategy, the military campaign, war of annihilation, occupation, and results. Each section covers the vast literature on the topic and a very broad overview of the topic at hand. I would absolutely love to get my hands on an updated copy of this book to see what new sources are available. As it is I have a good list of “need to read” books added to my amazon wishlist so I’d best get back to it....