A good introduction to the Stalingrad battle, but not much more. The viewpoint is largely anti-German and pro-Soviet, which is annoying. In retrospect both must be seen as bad, and using any objective measurements Stalin ranks way higher in the "evil" category. He killed more people, he attacked Finland, and so on. So until Finland is restored the lands which the Soviets took from us in the WWII, excuse me if I'm not exactly thrilled by stories portraying so-called "heroism" by their troops.

That's the other thing about the book that annoyed me: the over-appreciation of everything Soviet and the denigration of everything German. Again, using any sensible metrics, the Germans were way ahead of the Soviets in almost every aspect of warfare. Only the land area, production capacity, and almost unlimited population saved the Soviet Union from defeat. Sure, Hitler made stupid decisions, but hindsight is 20/20 as they say.