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Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet People and Our Time
Author: The People's War
Author: Robert W. ThurstonPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252026003
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The People's War lifts the Stalinist veil of secrecy to probe an almost untold side of World War II: the experiences of the Soviet people themselves. Going beyond dry and faceless military accounts of the eastern front of the "Great Patriotic War" and the Soviet state's one-dimensional "heroic People," this volume explores how ordinary citizens responded to the war, Stalinist leadership, and Nazi invasion. Drawing on a wealth of archival and recently published material, contributors detail the calculated destruction of a Jewish town by the Germans and present a chilling picture of life in occupied Minsk. They look at the cultural developments of the war as well as the wartime experience of intellectuals, for whom the period was a time of relative freedom. They discuss women's myriad roles in combat and other spheres of activity. They also reassess the behavior and morale of ordinary Red Army troops and offer new conclusions about early crushing defeats at the hands of the Germans--defeats that were officially explained as cowardice on the part of high officers. A frank investigation of civilian life behind the front lines, The People's War provides a detailed, balanced picture of the Stalinist USSR by describing not only the command structure and repressive power of the state but also how people reacted to them, cooperated with or opposed them, and adapted or ignored central policy in their own ways. By putting the Soviet people back in their war, this volume helps restore the range and complexity of human experience to one of history's most savage periods.
The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet People
Author: Emelʹi︠a︡n I︠A︡roslavskiĭPublisher:
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Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 22
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The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union
Author: Iosif StalinThe Great Patriotic War of the Soviet People and Our Time
Author: Grade Guerre Patriotique (1941-1945)
Author: Abdool Mahaboob KureemunPublisher:
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Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
On the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union
Author: Joseph StalinPublisher:
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Category : Communism
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Our Way to Victory
Author: On the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union
Author: Iosif V. StalinThe Unwomanly Face of War
Author: Светлана АлексиевичPublisher:
ISBN: 0399588728
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
"Originally published in Russian as U voiny--ne zhenskoe lietiso by Mastatskaya Litaratura, Minsk, in 1985. Originally published in English as War's unwomanly face by Progress Publishers, Moscow, in 1988"--Title page verso.