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Stalin's World War II Evacuations
Larry E. Holmes
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Description for Stalin's World War II Evacuations
Hardback. The most deeply researched history of the World War II Soviet evacuations. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 photographs. BIC Classification: HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
In the face of the German onslaught in World War II, the Soviets succeeded, as Molotov later recalled, “in relocating to the rear virtually an entire industrial country.” It was an official declared “one of the greatest feats of the war.” Focusing on the Kirov region, this book offers a different and considerably more nuanced picture of the evacuations than the typical triumphal narrative found in Soviet history. In its depiction of the complexities of the displacement and relocation of populations, Stalin’s World War II Evacuations also has remarkable relevance in our time of mass migrations of refugees from war-torn ... Read more
In the face of the German onslaught in World War II, the Soviets succeeded, as Molotov later recalled, “in relocating to the rear virtually an entire industrial country.” It was an official declared “one of the greatest feats of the war.” Focusing on the Kirov region, this book offers a different and considerably more nuanced picture of the evacuations than the typical triumphal narrative found in Soviet history. In its depiction of the complexities of the displacement and relocation of populations, Stalin’s World War II Evacuations also has remarkable relevance in our time of mass migrations of refugees from war-torn ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Modern War Studies
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700623952
SKU
V9780700623952
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About Larry E. Holmes
Larry E. Holmes is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of South Alabama. He is the author of many books, including Grand Theater: Regional Governance in Stalin’s Russia, 1931–1941 and War, Evacuation, and the Exercise of Power: The Center, Periphery, and Kirov’s Pedagogical Institute, 1941–1952.
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