Here is a review left by a customer on a product. Would you say he was satisfied or dissatisfied?
Title: Berlin, from the east.
Review: The book nearly seems suspended in mid air, starting as it does at the close of a long-evolving, complex story. I found it readable and entertaining, with ample research and little bias detectable on the part of the author (to be more honest, I'd have to call his mildly pro-Yank view refreshing). I suppose it shouldn't have surprised me that the story is about 80% Soviet; the French, Brits, Americans & even the Germans are relegated to supporting roles in this story. Clearly, the Russians (i.e. Stalin) knew that getting to Berlin first would be their best defense in claiming it as a base for the post-WWII Europe they hoped to master. I read the book as a last chapter in my review of WWII. Instead, it should be read as the opening work on the Cold War.
