Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1998 14:31:00 +0000
From: "M.A.&N.G. Jones" <Jones_M-AT-netcomuk.co.uk>
Subject: Re: M-I: Re: Russia at War


Do I understand that Lou Proyect is about to review a book of mine? Oh, shit!

Mark

Louis Proyect wrote:

> Actually, I found this book in the Columbia library yesterday and plan to
> read and review it. One book that I always tell people not to go through
> life without reading is Harrison Salisbury's "900 Days," the story of the
> siege of Leningrad. People tried to sustain themselves with bread made of
> rancid wheat and sawdust. When people died in the street from a combination
> of the elements and malnutrition, other people were too weak to pick them
> up and bury them. Despite all this, they resisted the Nazis. Salisbury, the
> NY Time's most respected reporter in the 20th century, stated that the only
> way to understand the resistance was the belief in socialism that persisted
> through all the hardship of the 1930s. I also plan to read the book that
> Mark recommended for a definitive history of WWII.
>
> Louis Proyect
>
> At 10:06 AM 2/7/98 +0000, you wrote:
> >The book was 'Moscow in World War 2' by me and Cathy Porter, Chatto 1985.
> >The Yefim Fomin story is unpublished but I have a zipfile if anyone wants
> >it.
> >I used to have a website but I can't be fashed with all that HTML stuff. I
> >might
> >try again but it feels like vanity publishing.
> >
> >Mark
> >
>
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