Reminiscences and Reflections by Zhukov, First Edition (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. 485, [3] pages. Illustrations. Includes Chapter 14 (The Battle of Moscow); Chapter 15 (The Ordeal Continues, 1942); Chapter 16 (Strategic Nazi Defeat at Stalingrad); Chapter 17 (The Crushing Defeat of the Nazi Troops in the Kursk Bulge); Chapter 18 (Fighting for the Ukraine); Chapter 19 (Liberation of Byelorussia and the Ukraine); Chapter 20 (From the Vistula to the Oder); Chapter 21 (The Berlin Operation); and Chapter 22 (Unconditional Surrender of Nazi Germany). Includes Conclusion and Name Index. Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (1 December 1896 - 18 June 1974) was a Marshal of the Soviet Union. He served as Chief of the General Staff, Minister of Defence, and was a member of the Presidium of the Communist Party. During WWII, Zhukov oversaw some of the Red Army's most decisive victories. He served in the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. By 1939 Zhukov was given command of an army group and won a decisive battle over Japanese forces at Khalkhin Gol, for which he won the first of his four Hero of the Soviet Union awards. In February 1941, Zhukov was appointed as chief of the Red Army's General Staff. He organized the defense of Leningrad, Moscow, and Stalingrad. He participated in planning several major offensives, including the Battle of Kursk and Operation Bagration. In recognition of Zhukov's role in the war, he was chosen to accept the German Instrument of Surrender. In 1955, he was appointed as Defence Minister and made a member of the Presidium. In 1957 Zhukov lost favor again and was forced to retire. He never returned to a position of influence and died in 1974. Like all memoirs, the book is autobiographical. The centerpiece of the book is the second volume, with the depiction of the greater portion of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet people of 1941 - 1945. This volume includes information on the Battle of Moscow, the Nazi defeat at Stalingrad, the Battle of Kursk, the Liberation of Byelorussia and the Ukraine, fighting from the Vistula to the Oder, the siege and taking of Berlin, the Unconditional Surrender of Germany, and the Potsdam Conference. Presumed First English Language Edition, First printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st English Edition. 453 pages in very good condition. VOLUME 1 ONLY. Pages are clean and unmarked with black and white plates throughout. Previous owner's bookplate on the fpdep. Bound in green cloth with gilt and orange titles. Green dustjacket in very good condition with brown and orange titles. Lightly worn around the edges. Faded on the spine. 1ST ENGLISH EDITION. VG/VG. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 454pp and 486pp. Small tears to jackets.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Book is in Russian. DJ has wear. 733, [3] pages. Georgy Zhukov, also known as the 'Victory Marshall,' was a life long professional soldier and the recipient of many of Russia's top honorary titles, including Hero of the Soviet Union three times. Ruthless, tough, and arrogant, Marshal Zhukov distinguished himself as the greatest military commander of World War II. In the difficult early years after Hitler's attack, he functioned as "fireman" for Stalin, who dispatched him to every vital crumbling front-notably Moscow itself and Leningrad-where he stabilized desperate situations. Then, as the Red Army turned to attack rather than defense, Zhukov played the leading role in drawing up plans for the major offensives, directing their implementation until the Red flag flew over the Reichstag building in Berlin and Nazi Germany lay prostrate. Why did Marshal Zhukov's memoirs remain unpublished for a quarter century? It was politically impossible for these memoirs to be issued during the Stalin or Khrushchev eras. Not until after Khrushchev's political demise in 1964 could Zhukov begin publishing chapters of his memoirs. And those chapters, which appeared individually in the late Sixties, have been revised for this book to take account of changes in the Kremlin line between 1965 and 1969 -particularly the new, more positive assessment of Stalin. The raw material of Zhukov's life, from his lowly birth in a tumble-down one-room cabin in a village of Kaluga province to his rise to military and political heights, is more than sufficient for an absorbing autobiography. Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (1 December [O.S. 19 November] 1896 - 18 June 1974), was a career officer in the Red Army of the Soviet Union, who became Chief of General Staff, Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Minister of Defence and a member of the Politburo. During World War II he participated in multiple battles, ultimately commanding the 1st Belorussian Front in the Battle of Berlin. In recognition of Zhukov's role in World War II, he was allowed to participate in signing the German Instrument of Surrender and to inspect the Moscow Victory Parade of 1945.After being forced out of the government, Zhukov stayed away from politics. Many people-including former subordinates-frequently paid him visits, joined him on hunting excursions, and waxed nostalgic. In September 1959, while visiting the United States, Khrushchev told US President Eisenhower that the retired Marshal Zhukov "liked fishing". Eisenhower, in response, sent Zhukov a set of fishing tackle. Zhukov respected this gift so much that he is said to have exclusively used Eisenhower's fishing tackle for the remainder of his life.After Khrushchev was deposed in October 1964, Brezhnev restored Zhukov to favor (though not to power) in a move to use Zhukov's popularity to strengthen his political position. Zhukov's name was put in the public eye yet again when Brezhnev lionized Zhukov in a speech commemorating the Great Patriotic War. On 9 May 1965, Zhukov was invited to sit on the tribunal of the Lenin Mausoleum and given the honor to review the parade of military forces in Red Square. Zhukov had begun writing his memoirs "Reminiscences and Reflections" ( ) in 1958. He now worked intensively on them, which together with steadily deteriorating health, served to worsen his heart disease. In December 1967, Zhukov had a serious stroke. He was hospitalized until June 1968, and continued to receive medical and rehabilitative treatment at home under the care of his second wife, Galina Semyonova, a former officer in the Medical Corps. His memoirs were published in 1969 and became a bestseller. Within several months of the date of publication of his memoirs, Zhukov had received more than 10,000 letters from readers that offered comments, expressed gratitude, gave advice, or lavished praise. Supposedly, the Communist Party invited Zhukov to participate in the XXIV General Assembly in 1971 but the invitation was rescinded. On 18 June 1974.