The Russian Version of the Second World War was a book that was taught to the Soviet children in school and described World War II from the perspective of the Russians. This reading included a lot of details about World War II that I have never heard or learned about before, because most general knowledge about the war is about British or American writings. It also includes how the actions of the United States affected other non-US people. I also noticed how the Halocaust was hardly mentioned in this book. It also spoke a lot about Facism and Communism, which I was expecting, and it compares them and they start out as being very different things, but ends up with the outcome of them being somewhat the same thing, or at least very similar.
One thing that I found interesting about this reading, is more specifically about the author. It was very difficult to find any information about who Graham Lyons was, or what he did. The only thing that comes up from a quick google search is his other books that he wrote, but it is very hard to find personal information about him and his life. The name of the publishing establishment was also quite random, and it made me wonder if it was even a real publishing company because of the name, Facts on File. It just is not a very common publishing company and I do not think that many people have heard of it and even know it exists.