Author

Publication

2001 - Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey

Language

English

Word Count

104,000 words, Guess

Page Count

416 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
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  • LibraryThing1795324

Classifications

  • DDC940.53/1
  • LCCD744.55 .W45 2001

Description

"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.

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Other Editions

  • Making sense of war: the Second World War and the fate of the Bolshevik RevolutionPrinceton University Press2001-01-01

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