The People's War lifts the Stalinist veil of secrecy to probe a
side of World War II that has been almost completely obscured: the
experiences of the Soviet people themselves. Going beyond dry and
faceless military accounts of the eastern front of the "Great
Patriotic War" and the Soviet state's one-dimensional "heroic
People", this volume explores how ordinary citizens responded to
the war, to Stalinist leadership, and to Nazi invasion.
Drawing on a wealth of archival and recently published material,
contributors detail the calculated destruction of a Jewish town by
the Germans and present a chilling picture of life in occupied
Minsk. They look at the cultural developments of the war as well as
the wartime experience of intellectuals, for whom the period was a
time of relative freedom. They discuss women's myriad roles in
combat and other spheres of activity. They also reassess the
behavior and morale of ordinary Red Army troops and offer new
conclusions about early crushing defeats at the hands of the
Germans -- defeats that were officially explained as cowardice on
the part of high officers.
The People's War provides a detailed, balanced picture of
civilian life behind the front lines, candidly describing not only
the command structure and repressive power of the state but also
how people reacted to them, cooperated with or opposed them, and
adapted or ignored central policy in their own ways. By putting the
Soviet people back in their war, this volume helps restore the
range and complexity of human experience to one of history's most
savage periods.
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