Ivan's War Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945

Name: Ivan's War Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945
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ISBN: 9780312426521

ISBN-10: 0312426526

ISBN-13: 9780312426521

Edition: 2006

Authors: Catherine Merridale

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They died in vast numbers, eight million men and women driven forward in suicidal charges, shattered by German shells and tanks. They were the soldiers of the Red Army, an exhausted mass of recruits who confronted Europe's most lethal fighting force and by 1945 had defeated it. For sixty years, their experiences were suppressed, replaced by patriotic propaganda. We know how the soldiers died, but nearly nothing about how they lived, how they saw the world, or why they fought. In this ambitious, revelatory history, Catherine Merridale uncovers the harrowing story of who these soldiers were, and how they lived and died during the war.

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: 1/23/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 5.45" wide x 8.20" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Catherine Merridale is a Senior Lecturer in history at the University of Bristol. She holds degrees from Cambridge & Birmingham. This book was supported by grants from the MacArthur Foundation, the British Academy, & the Russian Academy of Science. She is the author of two academic books on Russia & has written for the prestigious History Workshop Journal. She lives in Bristol, England.