Book Review: Rising ’44: The Battle for Warsaw
Book Review: Rising ’44: The Battle for Warsaw
Author(s): James R. ThompsonSubject(s): History
Published by: Polish Institute of Houston
Keywords: Warsaw Uprising 1944
Summary/Abstract: The Battle for Warsaw; By Norman Davies [2003]. London: Penguin, 2006. xxix + 752 pages. Index, maps. ISBN 0-14- 303540-1. Paper. $18.00. "The strategic mistake of the Poles was to trust their British allies to support a rising that ostensibly had the full backing of Churchill and about which the British had full knowledge in all stages of planning."
Journal: The Sarmatian Review
- Issue Year: XXVI/2006
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 1235-1237
- Page Count: 3
- Language: English