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Russia's War by Richard Overy

Russia's War

A History of the Soviet Effort: 1941-1945

A History of the Soviet Effort: 1941-1945

By Richard Overy

By Richard Overy

By Richard Overy

By Richard Overy

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    “A penetrating and compassionate book on the most gigantic military struggle in world history.”–The New York Times Book Review

    “An extraordinary tale… Overy’s engrossing book provides extensive details of teh slaughter, brutality, bitterness and destruction on the massive front from the White Sea to the flank of Asia.”–Chicago Tribune 

    The Russian war effort to defeat invading Axis powers, an effort that assembled the largest military force in recorded history and that cost the lives of more than 25 million Soviet soldiers and civilians, was the decisive factor for securing an Allied victory. Now with access to the wealth of film archives and interview material from Russia used to produce the ten-hour television documentary Russia’s War, Richard Overy tackles the many persuasive questions surrounding this conflict. Was Stalin a military genius? Was the defense of Mother Russia a product of something greater than numbers of tanks and planes–of something deep within the Russian soul?

    About Russia’s War

    “A penetrating and compassionate book on the most gigantic military struggle in world history.”–The New York Times Book Review

    “An extraordinary tale… Overy’s engrossing book provides extensive details of teh slaughter, brutality, bitterness and destruction on the massive front from the White Sea to the flank of Asia.”–Chicago Tribune 

    The Russian war effort to defeat invading Axis powers, an effort that assembled the largest military force in recorded history and that cost the lives of more than 25 million Soviet soldiers and civilians, was the decisive factor for securing an Allied victory. Now with access to the wealth of film archives and interview material from Russia used to produce the ten-hour television documentary Russia’s War, Richard Overy tackles the many persuasive questions surrounding this conflict. Was Stalin a military genius? Was the defense of Mother Russia a product of something greater than numbers of tanks and planes–of something deep within the Russian soul?

    About Richard Overy

    RICHARD OVERY has written and edited more than thirty books, including Why the Allies Won, Russia’s War, The Twilight Years, 1939, and The Bombers and the Bombed. He is a professor of history at the University of Exeter, U.K.

    About Richard Overy

    RICHARD OVERY has written and edited more than thirty books, including Why the Allies Won, Russia’s War, The Twilight Years, 1939, and The Bombers and the Bombed. He is a professor of history at the University of Exeter, U.K.

    Product Details

    Category: European World History | World War II Military History

    Paperback | $20.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Aug 01, 1998 | 432 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780140271690

    Category: European World History | World War II Military History

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Aug 01, 1998 | 432 Pages | ISBN 9781101503188

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    Table Of Contents

    List of illustrations
    List of Maps and Tables
    Preface
    Introduction
    1. The Darkness Descends: 1917-1937
    2. The Hour Before Midnight: 1937-1941
    3. The Goths Ride East: Barbarossa, 1941
    4. Between Life and Death: Leningrad and Moscow
    5. The Fight from Within: Collaboration, Terror and Resistance
    6. The Cauldron Boils: Stalingrad, 1942-43
    7. The Citadel: Kursk, 1943
    8. False Dawn: 1943-44
    9. Fall of the Swastika: 1945
    10. The Cult of Personality: Stalin and the Legacy of War

    Epilogue: Russia’s War: Myth and Reality
    References
    Bibliography
    Index

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