{"product_id":"the-great-war-in-russian-memory-9780253356178","title":"The Great War in Russian Memory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCommemorating the First World War in the Soviet Union\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis important book radically alters understanding of the Russian and Sovet responses to WWI during the interwar period and up to 1945. . . The book deserves a wide readership. . . . Highly recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e[This book] has . . . the merit of being an important contribution in intergrating Soviet WWI memories into the history of European war representation, without underestimating the peculiarities of Russian history and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e * wwiindex.blogspot.com *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePetrone's achievement in this important book is to have set a convincing benchmark for a discussion that will run for many years.\u003c\/p\u003e * H-Memory *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaren Petrone has devoted years to her project, producing a readable and compendious study that weaves its way through early Soviet culture, literature, and art with commendable determination. What results is a lively review of traces of imperial Russia's last great war, ranging from poetry to novels and posters to the (doomed) Moscow Military History Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e * American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOverall, this book offers a detailed and comprehensive survey of World War I discourse. . . . After reading The Great War in Russian Memory, there is little doubt that THE Russian experience of war merits closer study in a broader, European context.\u003c\/p\u003e * Canadian Slavonic Papers *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas the memory of the Great War somehow reflected in the Soviet cult of the Second World War? These questions are merely an indication of how engaging and welcome Petrone's book is. This is cultural history at its best.\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Contemporary History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor Petrone has provided an important account of Russia's dealing with its forgotten war—which turns out to have been not so forgotten after all. Hopefully, this volume will lead to further studies of how World War I came to resonate in Russian cultural, historical and political memory.\u003c\/p\u003e * Slavic and East European Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePetrone has revealed new and fascinating lines of inquiry into an important topic. Indeed, she has reset the research agenda on Russian World War One memory, and future scholars will hereafter be following in her footsteps.Oct 2013\u003c\/p\u003e * Slavonic and East European Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eT]his excellent work of scholarship is a timely reminder of Russia's participation in the Great War, connection to Europeanwide practices of memory and remembrance, and therefore deserves a place in future international commemorations of the Great War.\u003c\/p\u003e * Europe-Asia Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e[W]orld War I was not completely forgotten, but when one compares Russia to every other country, this book's main contribution is its detailed confirmation of an incredible story of the near total elimination of public memory of the most traumatic historical event in Russian history in the entire century from 1815 to 1917.January 2013\u003c\/p\u003e * The Russian Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e[T]his book serves as a timely and poignant reminder of this dark chapter in human history and reveals the dangers of ignoring history.\u003c\/p\u003e * Bowling Green Daily News *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e[An] illuminating and refreshing book.\u003c\/p\u003e * New Books in Russia and Eurasia *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e[E]xcellent . . . Petrone's work [is] . . . an invaluable contribution to understanding how those who shaped the Red Army after 1917 saw the Great War and what it meant.25.4 2012\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Slavic Military Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Great War in Russian Memory is an important addition to both the literature on World War I and Russian\/Soviet historiography. It provides fertile ground for further research, which should aim to go beyond accepted paradigms about the European experience and examine how Russian memory became Soviet.\u003c\/p\u003e * Laboratorium *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction: The Great War in Russian Memory\u003cbr\u003e2. Spirituality, the Supernatural, and the Memory of World War I\u003cbr\u003e3. The Paradoxes of Gender in Soviet War Memory\u003cbr\u003e4. Violence, Morality, and the Conscience of the Warrior\u003cbr\u003e5. World War I and the Definition of Russianness\u003cbr\u003e6. Arrested History\u003cbr\u003e7. Disappearance and Reappearance\u003cbr\u003e8. Legacies of the Great War\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MH - Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036855075159,"sku":"9780253356178","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253356178.jpg?v=1750932764","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-great-war-in-russian-memory-9780253356178","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}