| The Living and the Dead: The Rise and Fall of the Cult of World War II in Russia Contributor(s): Tumarkin, Nina (Author) |
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ISBN: 0465041442 ISBN-13: 9780465041442 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 1995 Annotation: This moving account of a suffering people's struggle with a brutal history shows how state and party authorities stage-managed a national trauma into a heroic exploit that glorified the Communist party. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - History | World - General |
| Dewey: 947.084 |
| Lexile Measure: 1420 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.11" W x 9.24" (0.94 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This eye-opening book shows how Communist state and party authorities stage-managed the Soviets' memory of World War II, transforming a national trauma into a heroic exploit that glorified the party while systematically concealing the disastrous mistakes and criminal cruelties committed by the Stalinist tyranny. |