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xx, 494 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-473) and index. |
| Contents |
Panic, Scorched Earth, and Evacuation -- Rolling East and Resettlement -- The Staff of Life: Feeding the People -- Illicit Provisioning: Inequality, Leveling, and Black Markets -- "All for the Front": Free Labor, Prisoners, and Deportees -- The Labor System in Crisis: The Limits of Mobilization -- Coercion Constrained: The Wartime Labor Laws -- The Public's Health -- "Our Cause is Just": Loyalty, Propaganda, and Popular Moods -- "Brick Dust and Ashes": Liberation and Reconstruction. |
| Summary |
"The book tells the story, largely unknown to Western readers, of the Soviet home front during World War II. After Hitler's invasion in 1941, German troops conquered the heartland of Soviet industry and agriculture and turned the occupied territories into mass killing fields. In one of the greatest wartime feats in history, Soviet workers rapidly evacuated factories, food, and people thousands of miles to the east and built a new industrial base beyond the reach of German bombers. As millions of refugees and evacuees streamed east, mass epidemics engulfed the country. Health officials battled to establish new public health regulations. The Soviet state reached the height of its power, imposing military discipline and mobilizing millions of people to work thousands of miles from home. The state assumed responsibility for feeding the nation through a strict ration system. Given terrible food shortages, many people, including workers, began to starve. This book examines the dark and painful war years from a new perspective, telling the stories of evacuees, refugees, teenaged and women workers, runaways from work, Gulag prisoners, and deportees. The narrative follows the Red Army as it retreated east and then battled back westward after Stalingrad, presenting "total war" behind the front lines in a chronicle of spirited defense efforts, draconian state directives, teeming black markets, and selfless heroism. Based on a vast trove of new archival materials, the book tells the story of suffering, sacrifice, and commitment that made the Allied victory possible"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Awards |
Distinguished Book Award, Non-American Military History, 2022 |
| Subject |
Soviet Union -- History -- 1939-1945.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- Soviet Union.
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Soviets (People) -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
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Soviet Union -- History -- German occupation, 1941-1944.
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War and society -- Soviet Union -- History.
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Soviet Union -- Social conditions -- 1917-1945.
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Evacuation of civilians. (OCoLC)fst00916969
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Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
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War and society. (OCoLC)fst01170447
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Soviet Union. (OCoLC)fst01210281
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German Occupation of Soviet Union (Soviet Union : 1941-1944) (OCoLC)fst01353185 |
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World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924 |
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1917-1945
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Filtzer, Donald A., author.
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| Added Title |
Soviet home front during World War II |
| ISBN |
9780190618414 hardcover |
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0190618418 hardcover |
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9780190618438 electronic publication |
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9780190092672 electronic publication |
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019009267X |
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9780190092672 |
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