Ivan's War : Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945
by Merridale, Catherine, 1959-
Edition statement:1st Published by : Metropolitan Books (New York) Physical details: xii,462 Pages 24x14 cm | HB ISBN:0805074554.| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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General Stacks | Non-fiction | 940.54217 M552I 2006 (Browse shelf) | Available | 34973 |
Include Index, Bibliography, Maps and Illustration
A narrative of the ordinary Russian soldier's experience of the worst war in history, based on newly revealed sources. The men and women of the Red Army, a ragtag mass of soldiers, confronted Europe's most lethal fighting force and by 1945 had defeated it. Sixty years have passed since their epic triumph, but the heart and mind of Ivan--as the ordinary Russian soldier was called--remain a mystery. We know something about how the soldiers died, but nearly nothing about how they lived, how they saw the world, or why they fought. Drawing on previously closed military and secret police archives, interviews with veterans, and private letters and diaries, Merridale presents the first comprehensive history of the Red Army rank and file, revealing the singular mixture of courage, patriotism, anger, and fear that made it possible for these underfed, badly led troops to defeat the Nazi army.--From publisher description.
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