{"product_id":"russias-warisbn-9780140271690","title":"Russia's War","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A penetrating and compassionate book on the most gigantic military struggle in world history.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"An extraordinary tale... Overy's engrossing book provides extensive details of teh slaughter, brutality, bitterness and destruction on the massive front from the White Sea to the flank of Asia.\"--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe Russian war effort to defeat invading Axis powers, an effort that assembled the largest military force in recorded history and that cost the lives of more than 25 million Soviet soldiers and civilians, was the decisive factor for securing an Allied victory. Now with access to the wealth of film archives and interview material from Russia used to produce the ten-hour television documentary \u003ci\u003eRussia's War\u003c\/i\u003e, Richard Overy tackles the many persuasive questions surrounding this conflict. Was Stalin a military genius? Was the defense of Mother Russia a product of something greater than numbers of tanks and planes--of something deep within the Russian soul?List of illustrations\u003cbr\u003eList of Maps and Tables\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. The Darkness Descends: 1917-1937\u003cbr\u003e2. The Hour Before Midnight: 1937-1941\u003cbr\u003e3. The Goths Ride East: Barbarossa, 1941\u003cbr\u003e4. Between Life and Death: Leningrad and Moscow\u003cbr\u003e5. The Fight from Within: Collaboration, Terror and Resistance\u003cbr\u003e6. The Cauldron Boils: Stalingrad, 1942-43\u003cbr\u003e7. The Citadel: Kursk, 1943\u003cbr\u003e8. False Dawn: 1943-44\u003cbr\u003e9. Fall of the Swastika: 1945\u003cbr\u003e10. The Cult of Personality: Stalin and the Legacy of War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Russia's War: Myth and Reality\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Penetrating and compassionate...\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e - The New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Masterly ... a vivid account\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Robert Service,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndependent (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"A dramatic and exciting tale ... His set-piece descriptions of such visions of Hell as Stalingrad, the 900-day siege of Leningrad and the crucial battle of Kursk are as fascinating as they are horrifying\"\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003e― Sunday Times (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Overy is a first-class military historian ... He writes concisely and says what he means to say ... Now, we have an authoritative British account that understands both sides, without illusions.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003e Norman Stone, Spectator (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Excellent ... Overy tackles this huge, complex and multifaceted story with the vital gifts of clarity and brevity\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-- Antony Beevor, Literary Review (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Overy\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at the University of Exeter and one of Britain's most distinguished historians and an internationally renowned scholar of World War II. He is the recipient of the Hessell-Tiltman Prize, the Wolfson History Prize, the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize and is a Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Historical Society. His many works include \u003ci\u003eBlood and Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e,  \u003ci\u003eThe Bombing War, Dictators\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Morbid Age\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299983479013,"sku":"NP9780140271690","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140271690_294ce51e-7c9b-4b37-b7a0-f04bc553d933.jpg?v=1730743307","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/russias-warisbn-9780140271690","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}