Well, this is my first book about partisans on the Eastern Front during the Second World War, so I can't compare it to others, but I find this book impressive. It is meticulously researched, thorough and erudite, yet easy to read.
The author examines various aspects of guerrilla warfare on the Eastern Front, including the formation of guerrilla units, the command structure, the tasks assigned to the units, the relationships between units and within them, i.e. between ordinary partisans and between them and their commanders, and also between partisans and the civilian population. The book also covers, albeit to a lesser extent, other partisan units on the Eastern Front, namely the Ukrainian nationalist OUN-UPA units and the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa) units. The book is full of quotations from many sources, mainly Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian, but also German and Polish.
The author also compares the behaviour and general conduct of all the movements mentioned and finds that the behaviour of the OUN-UPA units towards the civilian population was not so bad compared to the Ukrainian (communist) partisan units. Even the Poles were more tolerant of the civilian population than the Ukrainian partisans.
Overall, this book fills a gap in our knowledge and understanding of the Second World War on the Eastern Front and is highly recommended for anyone interested in the subject.