Stalin's Holy War: Religion, Nationalism, and Alliance Politics, 1941-1945

by Steven Merritt Miner and Miner

Book Overview

Histories of the USSR during World War II generally portray the Kremlin's restoration of the Russian Orthodox Church as an attempt by an ideologically bankrupt regime to appeal to Russian nationalism in order to counter the mortal threat of Nazism. Here, Steven Merritt Miner argues that this version of events, while not wholly untrue, is incomplete. Using newly opened Soviet-era archives as well as neglected British and American sources, he examines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469614944
• ISBN13: 9781469614946
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"