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This paper reviews recent research on the effect one obtains on the structure of a nilpotent group, by imposing restrictions on normal subgroups. In particular, restrictions on the position of the normal subgroups within the group are considered. For instance, suppose the normal subgroups of a finite \(p\)-group \(G\) of nilpotence class \(2\) are only the (trivial) ones, that is, those containing the derived subgroup \(G'\), and those contained in the centre \(Z(G)\). Then the exponent of \(G'\) and of \(G/Z(G)\) is \(p\). The hypothesis on \(G\) in the previous result is called the strong condition on normal subgroups. A generalization of this condition for infinite groups is obtained by fixing \(n\) to be a positive integer or \(\infty\), and considering groups \(G\) in which for a normal subgroup \(N\) we have either \(N\leq G'\), or \(|NZ(G):N|<n\). The paper under review is well-written and very informative. We refer to it for the whole story, to which the authors have given substantial contributions with their own research. For the entire collection see [Zbl 1031.20001].