Making sense of war

"In making Sense of War, Amir Weiner reconceptualizes the entire historical experience of the Soviet Union from a new perspective, that of World War II. Breaking with the conventional interpretation that views World War II as a post-revolutionary addendum, Weiner situates this event at the crux of the development of the Soviet - not just the Stalinist - system. Through a richly detailed look at Soviet society as a whole, and at one Ukrainian region in particular, the author shows how World War II came to define the ways in which members of the political elite a well as ordinary citizens viewed the world and acted upon their beliefs and ideologies."--BOOK JACKET.

First sentence: ON 24 AUGUST 1942 the readers of Pravda were treated to a rather unusual literary event.

Year

2001

Language

English

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Editions

4

Pages

432

ISBN

9780691095431

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