Soviet Veterans of the Second World War: A Popular Movement in an Authoritarian Society, 1941-1991

by Mark Edele

Millions of Soviet soldiers died in the "war of annihilation" 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199237565
• ISBN13: 9780199237562
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"