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Absolute War

Soviet Russia in the Second World War

Soviet Russia in the Second World War

By Chris Bellamy

By Chris Bellamy

By Chris Bellamy

By Chris Bellamy

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    About Absolute War

    In Absolute War, acclaimed historian and journalist Chris Bellamy crafts the first full account since the fall of the Soviet Union of World War II’s battle on the Eastern Front, one of the deadliest conflicts in history.

    The conflict on the Eastern Front, fought between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945, was the greatest, most costly, and most brutal conflict on land in human history. It was arguably the single most decisive factor of the war, and shaped the postwar world as we know it. In this magisterial work, Bellamy outlines the lead-up to the war, in which the fragile alliance between the two dictators was unceremoniously broken, and examines its far-reaching consequences, arguing that the cost of victory was ultimately too much for the Soviet Union to bear. With breadth of scope and a surfeit of new information, this is the definitive history of a conflict whose reverberations are still felt today.

    About Absolute War

    In Absolute War, acclaimed historian and journalist Chris Bellamy crafts the first full account since the fall of the Soviet Union of World War II’s battle on the Eastern Front, one of the deadliest conflicts in history.

    The conflict on the Eastern Front, fought between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945, was the greatest, most costly, and most brutal conflict on land in human history. It was arguably the single most decisive factor of the war, and shaped the postwar world as we know it. In this magisterial work, Bellamy outlines the lead-up to the war, in which the fragile alliance between the two dictators was unceremoniously broken, and examines its far-reaching consequences, arguing that the cost of victory was ultimately too much for the Soviet Union to bear. With breadth of scope and a surfeit of new information, this is the definitive history of a conflict whose reverberations are still felt today.

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    About Chris Bellamy

    Chris Bellamy is Professor of Military Science and Doctrine and Director of the Security Studies Institute at Cranfield University. Born in 1955, he was educated at the universities of Oxford, London, Westminster, and Edinburgh, where he earned his doctorate. In… More about Chris Bellamy

    About Chris Bellamy

    Chris Bellamy is Professor of Military Science and Doctrine and Director of the Security Studies Institute at Cranfield University. Born in 1955, he was educated at the universities of Oxford, London, Westminster, and Edinburgh, where he earned his doctorate. In… More about Chris Bellamy

    Product Details

    Category: World War II Military History | European World History

    Paperback | $24.00
    Published by Vintage
    Oct 14, 2008 | 880 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780375724718

    Category: World War II Military History | European World History

    Ebook | $10.99
    Published by Vintage
    Nov 26, 2008 | 880 Pages | ISBN 9780307481139

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    Praise

    “Sobering. . . . A global view presented with remarkable clarity.”
    —The Boston Globe

    “Probably the best account of the Eastern Front we shall see until President Putin relaxes his newly imposed restrictions on foreign access to the files. . . . Bellamy has made a tremendous contribution to the record of Russia’s struggle, for which future historians will owe a debt.”
    —The Sunday Times (London)

    “Bellamy’s treatment is authoritative, his judgments thorough and exacting, and his prose robust.”
    —The Daily Telegraph (London)

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