Description
Book SynopsisA unique and rare look into life as it was for the people in the Soviet Union during WWII, unclouded by old-style Soviet portrayals and psuedo-histories that painted a glowing portrait of the "heroic proleteriate."
Trade Review"One of this book's virtues is that it brings together authors from Russia, Germany, and the US... The essays are well documented. Recommended." -- Choice "A balanced, comprehensive picture of civilian life behind the front lines, candid descriptions of command structure and the repressive power of the soviet state, and the reaction, cooperation, and opposition to them by the soviet people, all provide a wide ranging, complex, and revealing historical portrait not previously possible." -- Bookwatch "An exemplary foray into the study of the effect of World War II on the people of the Soviet Union. Using primary materials and asking important questions of social history, this collection should encourage other social historians to look more closely at commonly accepted conclusions and raise new questions about the war and the people." -- Roger Reese, Slavic Review
