Stalingrad (book) writes that "the colossal scale of Stalingrad, the megalomania, the utter absurdity, the sheer magnitude of the carnage in what many military historians see as the turning point in the war, are marvelously captured". He concludes that "Stalingrad" is "a fantastic and sobering story, and it has been fully and authoritatively told in Mr. Beevor's book." "Stalingrad" won the first Samuel Johnson Prize, the Wolfson History Prize and the Hawthornden Prize for Literature in 1999. The book came out in Russian in two translations: While the first translation was "flawed" according to Beevor, second translation of 2015 got banned in
What the World Needs Now Is Love What the World Needs Now Is Love "What the World Needs Now Is Love" is a 1965 popular song with lyrics by Hal David and music composed by Burt Bacharach. First recorded and made popular by Jackie DeShannon, it was released on April 15, 1965, on the Imperial label after a release on sister label Liberty records the previous month was canceled. It peaked at number seven on the US Hot 100 in July of that year. In Canada, the song reached number one. Co-songwriter Burt Bacharach revealed in his 2014 autobiography that this song had among the most difficult