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Stalingrad, August 1942--the brutal siege of the city begins. For six months, Stalingrad is the center of a titanic struggle between the Russian and German armies, the bloodiest campaign in mankind's long history of warfare. The outcome is pivotal. If Hitler's forces are not stopped, Russia will fall. And with it, the world. With razor-sharp prose and brilliant historical accuracy, David L. Robbins brings the reader right into the thick of this monumental battle, in a novel so authentic, it could almost be true.... German soldiers call the battle Rattenkrieg, war of the rats. The combat is horrific, as victories are measured in meters and soldiers die in the smoking cellars and trenches of a ruined city. Through this twisted carnage stalk two men--one Russian, one German--each the top sniper in their respective armies. These two marksmen are equally matched in both skill and tenacity. And each has his own mission.... The young Russian sniper's credo of "one man, one bullet" has established his reputation as the Red army's top long-distance assassin. Nicknamed the Hare, he's been put in charge of an impromptu sniper school, training both men and women to kill with chilling precision. To counter this threat, the Headmaster, leader of the Nazis' elite sniper school, is flown to Stalingrad. Each has been given similar orders--to find and kill his counterpart. And the extraordinary duel begins.... Complicating matters is an American woman, Tania Chernova, trapped in Russia at the start of the war, who has come to Stalingrad from the Russian resistance. Seeking vengeance against the German army, the defiant American joins the Hare's team of snipers, becoming one of his most talented assassins--and possibly his greatest weakness. An electrifying novel based on a true story, this is the harrowing tale of two adversaries who will know each other intimately by the climax of their own private war; two soldiers whose story is the saga of Stalingrad itself and whose fortunes will help decide the fate of a world at war. Fast-paced and explosive, War of the Rats is a stunning amalgam of deepest history and thrilling fiction.

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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0553108174
ISBN-13
9780553108170
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1138230

Product Key Features

Book Title
War of the Rats
Author
David L. Robbins
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
War & Military, Thrillers / Suspense, Historical
Publication Year
1999
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
416 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
24.7 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ps3568.O22289w37
Reviews
"Robbins does a brilliant job of dissecting the unique mindset and steely emotions that snipers must possess and painting the battle scenes ... he presents a riveting account of a battle within a battle, and the sniper motif proves an ideal vehicle to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of both sides."-Publishers Weekly "A great novel of one of the epic battles of all time: Stalingrad."-W.E.B. Griffin "White-knuckle tension as the two most dangerous snipers in Europe hunt each other through the hell of Stalingrad. Immensely exciting and terribly authentic."-Frederick Forsyth, author ofThe Day of the JackalandThe Fist of God "I devoured it. The reporting and writing are amazing, and the snipers' duel, with its layers of subtle technique and imagined motivation, is suspenseful and powerful. It's a very good portrait of one of this century's most important and terrible battles, and probably the most intense urban conflict in history."-Mark Bowden, author ofBlack Hawk Down "Strikingly original-a novel so agonizingly true that a historian would be proud of it. The authenticity of Robbins' characters, the accuracy of his military detail, and the immediacy of his writing all bring the hellish combat of Stalingrad to vivid, gritty life....Here is a book written with the art and understanding that few war novels can approach."-Gary Solis, professor of law at West Point and author ofSon Thang: An American War Crime "Engrossing...Few suspense thrillers evoke the raw immediacy of War of the Rats. It takes reading only to page four to find it difficult to put down."-Stanley Weintraub, author ofThe Last Great Victory: The End of World War II
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
98-043918
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
21

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by woodvillethriftJun 04, 2009
Very well written and engaging. Well worth the Read!
This book gives you a well rounded view of the battle of Stalingrad from both the Russian and German sides. It is well written and personal. This is not a dry history of the battle. This is a novel, the author has presented the factual accounts and details of the battle but has used artistic liscense to fill in the thoughts of the participants givin the predicaments they find themselves in. I give this a good + rating and highly recommend it for anyone. I do not give it or many books an excellent rating as it is reserved for books that really knock my socks off. This one was great and kept me looking forward to the next chance I got to read it. Enjoy!
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by teech547Feb 19, 2020
Sniper Duel
Good look at the WW2 battle for Stalingrad.
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