New Book, Reluctant Axis: Romanian Army in Russia

Coming out in April of 2006
Going to preorder today.
Europa Books

Strange, it doesn't mention any authors.

An author is mentioned on the cover; however, the scan is too small, I cannot read it.

Anyhow, I ordered the book and will let you know the details when I'll receive it.

Gen. Dénes

The name Mihai Filipescu appears on another site: World War Two Books.

There is only going to be 500 copies at the time of release. Just got my confirmation on order in the mail.

Hi Guys,

Europa books cover a lot of subjects not found elsewhere. On these grounds alone they are worth looking at.

However, some contain outrageous piracy of illustrations from books published in Eastern Europe and are often chronically badly edited. I would bet good money that this book will contain unacredited illustrations you have seen elsewhere. I suspect they bank on the US legal system being too expensive to make it worthwhile for foreigners to prosecute them.

Particularly good is their book on the Hungarian Army of WWII (by Niehorster?). I recommend it strongly to Romanian readers, who will not get a better view of the army of their country's historical rival. None of their other books is as clearly authoritative and well produced.

My bet is that, if the author of the Romanian book is unknown to Romanian posters here and the book is only 100 pages long, it is likely to be a compilation of material from earlier published works. At that length it would be a small miracle if it was anywhere near as good as the Hungarian Army book.

I await Denes's review with interest.

Cheers,

Sid.

What about the book on the Slovak Army, by Mark Axworthy? Although I haven't seen it (yet), it should also be a reliable reference book, based on the author's reputation.

As soon as I'll receive the mentioned book on the Rumanian Army, I'll write here a short review.

Gen. Dénes

I have the Slovak book and its not bad - however it covers almost exactly the same stuff as Germany's First Ally by Kliment & Nakkladai

http://www.schifferbooks.com/newschiffer/b...isbn=0764305891

And the schiffer book has much bettr production values and is better illustrated


Cheers

Bob

THe book "Germany's First Ally" is good one,I like the book,In addition, in the acknowledgements corner we find the name of Mr,Denes.


Mihai

This post has been edited by mihai on April 23, 2006 02:36 am

Any news on the book? Did you receive it?

What about the book on the Slovak Army, by Mark Axworthy? Although I haven't seen it (yet), it should also be a reliable reference book, based on the author's reputation.

As soon as I'll receive the mentioned book on the Rumanian Army, I'll write here a short review.

Gen. Dénes

Mr,Denes,

I'm looking forward to your review.
Mihai

I didn't receive the book yet.

As for being mentioned in the acknowledgements section, I am a bit surprised because I don't know who the author is.

Gen. Dénes

This post has been edited by Dénes on April 23, 2006 03:18 am

Any news on the book? Did you receive it?

Just back from San Francisco and notice that book will be shipped in May. Will let the list know when I get it or meet me in Romania and make copies this summer!

I won't be in Romania until August and I was thinking of ordering it if it was worth it. I will wait for your review in May.

I'm thinking about buying this book, has anyone read it yet?

/Marcus