Absolute war : Soviet Russia in the Second World War / Chris Bellamy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bellamy, Chris.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Soviet Union.

World War, 1939-1945.

Soviet Union--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.

Soviet Union.

History.

Physical Description:

xxix, 813 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Other Title:

Soviet Russia in the Second World War

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.

Summary:

Drawing on sources newly available since the collapse of the Soviet Union, historian and journalist Bellamy gives readers a comprehensive account of the decisive battles on the Eastern Front during World War II. Illustrated.

Contents:

Flight of the rabid wolf: the long-term impact of the war in the east

Absolute and total war

'A cruel romance': the Nazi-Soviet alliance and Soviet expansion, August to November 1939

Further Soviet expansion and cooperation with Germany, November 1939 to June 1941

Who planned to attack whom, and how?

The war's worst-kept secret

Iron road east: the country, the forces

Barbarossa unleashed, and the battles of the frontiers

Kremlin at war

Winning oneself to death

Midnight in Moscow

Black snow

White night: Leningrad, September 1941 to February 1944

The 'Grand Alliance'

To the edge of the abyss: the worst year - 1942

From defence to attack: the Caucasus, Stalingrad and Mars

Kursk, and a new professionalism

Destroying the Wehrmacht. Ukraine, Belarus and the Baltic: reasserting Soviet control

Victory

New world order.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 689-788) and index.

ISBN:

9780375410864

0375410864

OCLC:

154678367