The Resource Ivan's war : life and death in the Red Army, 1939-1945, Catherine Merridale
Ivan's war : life and death in the Red Army, 1939-1945, Catherine Merridale
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- Summary
- A narrative of the ordinary Russian soldier's experience of the worst war in history, based on newly revealed sources. The men and women of the Red Army, a ragtag mass of soldiers, confronted Europe's most lethal fighting force and by 1945 had defeated it. Sixty years have passed since their epic triumph, but the heart and mind of Ivan--as the ordinary Russian soldier was called--remain a mystery. We know something about how the soldiers died, but nearly nothing about how they lived, how they saw the world, or why they fought. Drawing on previously closed military and secret police archives, interviews with veterans, and private letters and diaries, Merridale presents the first comprehensive history of the Red Army rank and file, revealing the singular mixture of courage, patriotism, anger, and fear that made it possible for these underfed, badly led troops to defeat the Nazi army.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 462 pages
- Contents
-
- True war stories
- Marching with revolutionary step
- A fire through all the world
- Disaster beats its wings
- Black ways of war
- Stone by stone
- A land laid waster
- May brotherhood be blessed
- Exulting, grieving, and sweating blood
- Despoil the corpse
- Sheathe the old sword
- And we remember all
- Isbn
- 9780805074550
- Label
- Ivan's war : life and death in the Red Army, 1939-1945
- Title
- Ivan's war
- Title remainder
- life and death in the Red Army, 1939-1945
- Statement of responsibility
- Catherine Merridale
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A narrative of the ordinary Russian soldier's experience of the worst war in history, based on newly revealed sources. The men and women of the Red Army, a ragtag mass of soldiers, confronted Europe's most lethal fighting force and by 1945 had defeated it. Sixty years have passed since their epic triumph, but the heart and mind of Ivan--as the ordinary Russian soldier was called--remain a mystery. We know something about how the soldiers died, but nearly nothing about how they lived, how they saw the world, or why they fought. Drawing on previously closed military and secret police archives, interviews with veterans, and private letters and diaries, Merridale presents the first comprehensive history of the Red Army rank and file, revealing the singular mixture of courage, patriotism, anger, and fear that made it possible for these underfed, badly led troops to defeat the Nazi army.--From publisher description
- Cataloging source
- IT-FiEUI
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1959-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Merridale, Catherine
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Soviet Union
- World War, 1939-1945
- Soldiers
- Label
- Ivan's war : life and death in the Red Army, 1939-1945, Catherine Merridale
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [433]-439) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- True war stories -- Marching with revolutionary step -- A fire through all the world -- Disaster beats its wings -- Black ways of war -- Stone by stone -- A land laid waster -- May brotherhood be blessed -- Exulting, grieving, and sweating blood -- Despoil the corpse -- Sheathe the old sword -- And we remember all
- Control code
- FIEb13419997
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 462 pages
- Isbn
- 9780805074550
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)60671899
- Label
- Ivan's war : life and death in the Red Army, 1939-1945, Catherine Merridale
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [433]-439) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- True war stories -- Marching with revolutionary step -- A fire through all the world -- Disaster beats its wings -- Black ways of war -- Stone by stone -- A land laid waster -- May brotherhood be blessed -- Exulting, grieving, and sweating blood -- Despoil the corpse -- Sheathe the old sword -- And we remember all
- Control code
- FIEb13419997
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 462 pages
- Isbn
- 9780805074550
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)60671899
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