The stuff of soldiers a history of the Red Army in World War II through objects
Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction : government issue -- The soldier's body : a little cog in a giant war machine -- A personal banner : life in Red Army uniform -- The government's pot and the soldier's spoon : rations in the Red Army -- Cities of earth, cities of rubble : the spade an...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Ithaca New York, London
Cornell University Press
2019
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| Schriftenreihe: | Battlegrounds: Cornell studies in military history
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction : government issue -- The soldier's body : a little cog in a giant war machine -- A personal banner : life in Red Army uniform -- The government's pot and the soldier's spoon : rations in the Red Army -- Cities of earth, cities of rubble : the spade and Red Army landscaping -- "A weapon is your honor and conscience" : killing in the Red Army -- The thing-bag : a public-private place -- Trophies of war : Red Army soldiers confront an alien world of goods -- Conclusion : subjects and objects. "This book tells the story of the Great Patriotic War via objects from spoons to tanks. It was the uniform world of material goods that united diverse soldiers in the ranks of the Red Army and was often all that separated civilians from soldiers"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | First published 2019 by Cornell Universtity Press |
| Beschreibung: | xxiv, 315 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781501739798 978-1-5017-3979-8 1501739794 1-5017-3979-4 |