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Author Schechter, Brandon M., author

Title The stuff of soldiers : a history of the Red Army in World War II through objects / Brandon M. Schechter
Published Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019
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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 315 pages)
Series Battlegrounds : Cornell studies in military history
Battlegrounds (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Contents Introduction : government issue -- The soldier's body : a little cog in a giant war machine -- A personal banner : life in Red Army uniform -- The government's pot and the soldier's spoon : rations in the Red Army -- Cities of earth, cities of rubble : the spade and Red Army landscaping -- "A weapon is your honor and conscience" : killing in the Red Army -- The thing-bag : a public-private place -- Trophies of war : Red Army soldiers confront an alien world of goods -- Conclusion : subjects and objects
Summary "This book tells the story of the Great Patriotic War via objects from spoons to tanks. It was the uniform world of material goods that united diverse soldiers in the ranks of the Red Army and was often all that separated civilians from soldiers"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 28, 2019)
Subject Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡ -- Military life
Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡ -- Equipment
Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡ -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
SUBJECT Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡ fast
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union -- Equipment and supplies
Soldiers -- Soviet Union -- Social conditions
Military paraphernalia -- Soviet Union
Material culture -- Soviet Union
Personal belongings -- Soviet Union
HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
Armed Forces -- Equipment and supplies
Armed Forces -- Military life
Equipment and supplies
Material culture
Military paraphernalia
Personal belongings
Soldiers -- Social conditions
Soviet Union
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018054969
ISBN 9781501739811
1501739808
9781501739804
1501739816