Jonathan Brunstedt (Texas A & M University)

The Soviet Myth of World War II

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Produktbeschreibung

Provides a bold new interpretation of the Soviet myth of World War II from its Stalinist origins to its emergence as arguably the supreme myth of state under Brezhnev. Jonathan Brunstedt offers a timely historical investigation into the roots of the revival of the war's memory in Russia today.

Produktdetails

• Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 650g
• ISBN-13: 9781108498753
• ISBN-10: 1108498752
• Artikelnr.: 62212323

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Brunstedt is Assistant Professor of History at Texas A&M University.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Maps
Introduction: War and the Tensions of Patriotism
1. Stalin's Toast: Victory and the Vagaries of Postwar Russocentrism
2. Victory Days: The War Theme in the Stalinist Commemorative Landscape
3. Usable Pasts: The Crisis of Patriotism and the Origins of the War Cult
4. Monumental Memory: Patriotic Identity in the High War Cult
5. Patriotic Wars: Late-Soviet War Memory and the Politics of Russian Nationalism
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.