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Guests of the Kremlin: Updated in 2007 with Pictures, Maps and Introductions by Mario L. Sacripante and Sam Sloan

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I actually read the first virsion of this book, written in the 40's. I had to get it on loan from a collage library, because it was out of print. Oh, how I wanted a copy of this book. Ski York (one of the Guests of the Kremlin) was my mother's cousin. I tried to get an old copy of the book, and I actually saw a copy for $900.00. We are all lucky now, to be able to get a copy for approx. $25.00. The book will interest you so much, that you won't want to put it down. If you want to know what it was really like in Russia - in those days - the book has it all. It also has some good laughs in it. Of course, there is lots of action in the book as well. The nice thing is that the action really happened. I especially enjoyed it because I saw my Grandfather in Ski York. (name was changed from Cichowski) My Grandfather was Ski's - Father's brother.

My father actually has copies of the original book. One to keep and an extra to loan, only to trusted friends and family. We searched the world over for those two copies years ago. The book is an incredible read and study of communist Russia when no Americans could know the truth about how the people survived in that country. An entire college course could be taught with this book as the centerpiece. I almost flipped when just a random search showed this had been reprinted in 2007. Just this morning I was talking about it with a college student who is taking a Russian history class this semester. My dad was going to loan him a copy but now he can have his own and I know he will love it.
If you love history you will love this book.

I have been searching for a while for a copy of this book. I did not realize that they reprinted it. My family has two of the original copies, but I was too afraid to read it, because of how brittle they are. Now I have my own copy. I am deeply fond of this piece of history because my moms cousin was the navigator, Nolan Herndon. He passed away in 2002, but I remember meeting him once when I was a little girl. He made me fall in love with History, and more directly, World War II. This is an amazing story, which I feel that everyone should read.

A must-read for anyone in the military. These guys set an example for Code of Conduct before it formally existed.