Siege! Six Epic Eastern Front Assaults of World War II (ISBN 0921991851)

confusion - which "siege" is it?:
The cover of this book looks almost exactly like "Siege" by Russ Schneider. It would be very easy to mistake which one a reader was buying - until you start reading. While this is a very dry non-fiction review, Schneider's book is an exciting novel based on the facts of several of the same sieges. Give Schneider's a whirl if you want in depth descriptions and stories based on memoires and letters.

Buyer Beware-:
The title and cover art of this book by Patrick McTaggert, which was published in March 2005, is a direct steal from Russ Schneider's excellent book "Siege: A Novel of the Eastern Front," published posthumously in 2003. Read McTaggert if you want McTaggert, but don't be tricked by unscrupulous marketing practices into buying the wrong book.

There is no confusion here:
The books description is exactly what the book is about, I see no reason for any type of confusion with "Russ Schneider" or his fictional works. That being said the book is nothing special, small histories of six different 'sieges' the Germans found themselves in, but honestly nothing too memorable is presented, at least in my opinion.

Interesting but too expensive:
This is an overall interesting book on a series of siege battle during the WW II. Author's presentation is good but definitely not brilliant and there is no particular new information you can encounter. If it were a relatively economical paperbook version, I would be willing to recommend the book to anybody interested in the WWII.But, it's unreasonably expensive like anyother WW II books published by JJ Fedorrowicz.

A bit light ...:
"Siege", despite its title and the titles of the chapters isn't an historical study of some of the less known - the author claims - "sieges" of WW2. It's an entertaining overview of such events, heavily based on German-biaised sources and witnesses. It's an interesting book for the military buff and "eastern fronts fanatics" but some elementary infos are lacking such as the OB's. It's not mere propaganda as P. Carell but it suffers from the "Eastern Front through German eyes" syndrome. two examples : first, the lack of infos about the fate of Budapest civilians, especially Jews, in the corresponding chapter, with the exception of a few sentences about atrocities committed ... by the Soviets ! Second, the photographs mostly show German officers and troops. For the Budapest chapter, there is only German leaders, not even a picture of Malinovsky ! H.H.