ISBN:
0199237565
,
9780199237562
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (334 p)
,
25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Soviet Veterans of the Second World War : A Popular Movement in an Authoritarian Society, 1941-1991
DDC:
305.9/0697094709045
Keywords:
Veterans
;
World War, 1939-1945 Veterans
;
Soviet Union Social conditions 1945-1991
Abstract:
Millions of Soviet soldiers died in the USSR's struggle for survival against Nazi Germany but millions more returned to Stalin's state after victory. Mark Edele traces the veterans' story from the early post-war years through to the end of the Soviet Union in 1991. He describes in detail the problems they encountered during demobilization, the dysfunctional bureaucracy they had to deal with once back, and the way their reintegration into civilian life worked in practice in one ofthe most devastated countries of Europe. He pays particular attention to groups with specific problems such as the d
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; List of tables and figures; I. Reintegration; II. Victors and Victims; III. Movement; Afterword; Notes; Chronology; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-318) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199237562.001.0001
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