Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad

{{short description|1973 history book by William Craig}}

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Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad is a book written by William Craig and published in 1973 by Reader's Digest Press and in 1974 by Penguin Publishing. The 2001 film Enemy at the Gates utilized the book's title and used it as one of its sources, but was not a direct adaptation of the work.{{cite web| url=http://www.epilog.de/Film/Dr_Dz/Texte/Duell_Enemy_at_the_Gates_USA_D_2001_Interview.htm| website=Epilog.de| title=Interview with Jean-Jacques Annaud, referenced by Constantin Film| language=German| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818113711/http://www.epilog.de/Film/Dr_Dz/Texte/Duell_Enemy_at_the_Gates_USA_D_2001_Interview.htm| archivedate=2007-08-18}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2001/03/16/enemy-at-the-gates-is-right-on-target-war-movie-is-right-on-target-review-with-jude-law-as-a-russian-sniper-enemy-at-the-gates-keeps-its-eye-on-the-big-picture-even-when-focusing-on-the-small-scene/|title='Enemy at the Gates' is right on target|website=Baltimore Sun|date=16 March 2001 |access-date=2016-03-11}}

Reception

The Slavic Review panned Enemy at the Gates, calling it "rambling and exaggerated" and negatively comparing Craig to former Nazi propagandist and author Paul Carell.{{Cite journal|last=Parrish|first=Michael|date=1974-01-01|title=Review of Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad|jstor=2495819|journal=Slavic Review|volume=33|issue=2|pages=363–364|doi=10.2307/2495819|doi-access=free}} In contrast, The Washington Post was more favorable and drew favorable comparisons to Cornelius Ryan.{{cite news|last1=Ambrose|first1=Stephen E.|title=So much for so little|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=8 April 1973}}

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