Russia's War
Author(s): R.J. Overy
Presents an account of the greatest military encounter in human history. This title describes the events of 1941-45 in which the Soviet Union, after initial catastrophes, destroyed Hitler's Third Reich and shaped European history for the next half Century.
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Richard Overy is Professor of Modern History at King's College, London. He is also the author of "The Road to War".
The darkness descends - 1917-1937; the hour before midnight -1937-1941; the goths ride east - Barbarossa, 1941; between life and death - Leningrad and Moscow; the fight from within -collaboration, terror and resistance; the cauldron boils -Stalingrad, 1942-43; the citadel - Kursk, 1943; false dawn - 1943-44; fall of the swastika - 1945; the cult of personality - Stalin and the legacy of war; epilogue - Russia's war - myth and reality.
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- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : 29 July 1999
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : R.J. Overy
- : Paperback
- : 940.54217
- : 416
- : portraits
