Thunder in the East: The Nazi-Soviet War, 1941-1945 by Evan Mawdsley My rating: 4 of 5 stars A thorough and believable analysis of the Soviet-Nazi war, this is not a book for those who do not know a lot about the campaigns. Nor is it a dramatic popularization of the action. It is an excellent book for understanding the reasons for what happened, and in its cold prose clearly renders the horrors of it all. View all my reviews