| Description |
xvi, 315 pages ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Between pact and war -- War approaches -- The beginning of the war -- The mood in Moscow -- Leningrad -- The tide turns -- The advance to Berlin -- The people -- Repression -- The military -- Ideas and views -- Generals and victims -- After the war -- Shadrinsk |
| Summary |
In Stalin, the Russians, and Their War, Marius Broekmeyer presents the testimony of Russian participants, eyewitnesses, and historians of World War II to reveal not a heroic struggle, but a war marred by catastrophes, errors, and lies. These testimonies openly discuss subjects omitted from official Soviet propaganda or glossed over in popular Western histories of the Allied victory in WWII - from purges within the Red Army and Soviet use of 'punitive brigades' to the deployment of millions of poorly equipped soldiers to the front lines |
| Notes |
Spine title: Stalin, the Russians, and their war, 1941-1945 |
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Translation of: Stalin, de Russen en hun oorlog, 1941-1945 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-310) and index |
| Notes |
Translated from the Dutch |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union.
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| LC no. |
2003020574 |
| ISBN |
0299195902 alkaline paper |
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0299195945 paperback alkaline paper |
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