Nina Tumarkin, "The Living And The Dead: The Rise And Fall Of The Cult Of World War II In Russia"
English | ISBN: 0465041442, 0465071597 | 1995 | 264 pages | PDF | 27 MB
English | ISBN: 0465041442, 0465071597 | 1995 | 264 pages | PDF | 27 MB
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..