Title:
The great patriotic war of the Soviet Union, 1941-45 : a documentary reader / Alexander Hill.
Author:
Hill, Alexander, 1974-
Publication Information:
London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
Call Number:
DK273 .H52 2009
Abstract:
This book consists of extracts from key documents, along with commentary and further reading, on the 'Great Patriotic War' of the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany, 1941-45. Despite the historical significance of the war, few Soviet documents have been published in English. This work provides translations of a range of extracts from Soviet documents relating to the titanic struggle on the Eastern Front during World War II, with commentary. This is the only single-volume work in English to use documentary evidence to look at the Soviet war effort from military, political, economic and diplomatic perspectives. The book should not only facilitate a deeper study of the Soviet war effort, but also allow more balanced study of what is widely known in the West as the 'Eastern Front'.
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Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0820/2008024833.html
ISBN:
9780714657127
9780203886373
9780415604246
Series:
Soviet (Russian) study of war ; 20
Cass series on the Soviet (Russian) study of war.
Physical Description:
x, 348 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
General Note:
"First issued in paperback 2010"--Title page verso.
Contents:
Lenin, Stalin and the West 1917-1939 -- The Icebreaker controversy and Soviet intentions in 1941 -- Barbarossa -- The battle of Moscow -- The tide turns : the battle for Stalingrad -- The battle of Kursk and the race for the Dnepr -- The siege of Leningrad -- Lend-lease aid, the Soviet economy and the Soviet Union at war -- The Soviet partisan movement -- The 'ten "Stalinist" crushing blows' of 1944 -- From the Vistula to Berlin : the end of the Reich -- The Soviet invasion of Manchuria.
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