Год выпуска: 2010 Автор: Stephen Lovell Издательство: Страниц: 408 ISBN: 9781405169592
Описание
After enduring untold suffering and near total devastation, the Soviet Union emerged from the ashes of World War II as a superpower. Even now, the ‘Great Patriotic War’ constitutes the country?s single greatest source of national pride and identity – a defining moment in Russian history no less significant than the Revolution of 1917. Yet just as the overthrow of Tsarist autocracy is fraught with ambiguities, so too is the legacy of World War II. After liberating itself from Nazi occupation, the Soviet Union established imperial domination over much of east–central Europe. But a victorious Soviet society was also poor, hungry, and – for all intents and purposes – still enslaved by the communist regime. The Shadow of War: The Soviet Union and Russia, 1941 to the Present offers a fresh approach to modern Soviet and Russian history. Taking the achievements, ambiguities, and legacies of the Second World War as a point of departure, the book reveals the strains of the...
