Soviet Veterans of the Second World War: A Popular Movement in an Authoritarian Society, 1941-1991

by Mark Edele

Overview

The first book-length study of Soviet veterans of the Second World War and their movement. Based on extensive research in Soviet archives and libraries, it analyses the fate of the millions who returned from the war with Germany.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191608087
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	11/27/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Mark Edele studied Russian history at the Universities of Erlangen, Tübingen, and Chicago, and is currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Western Australia, where he teaches continental European and Russian history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Table of Contents

Chronology Glossary Preface
Part I: Reintegration
Introduction: Consequences of War
1. The Epic of Return
2. Welcome to Normalcy
3. Becoming a Civilian
Part II: Victors and Victims
4. 'A Great Profession'
5. Marked for Life
6. 'Honour to the Victors!'
Part III: Movement
7. The Struggle for Organization
Cn 8 Entitlement Community Afterword Bibliography Index