Frozen Tears: The Blockade and Battle of Leningrad - Couverture rigide

Pleysier, Albert

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0761841253 ISBN 13 : 9780761841258

Editeur : University Press of America, 2008

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Frozen Tears unfolds the events that led to Germany's military invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 and explores Germany's advance on Leningrad and the blockade that was established against the city. This story examines the lives of the city's inhabitants who suffered from the consequences of the siege that finally ended in 1944. By this time more than one million Leningraders had lost their lives. The lives of public figures are often used by historians to tell the events of the past. The decisions they made and the actions that were taken are discussed and analyzed. However, the experiences of commoners-men, women, and children not mentioned in textbooks-often illustrate better the events of the past. In Frozen Tears, Albert Pleysier has taken the contents of diaries, letters, essays, and interviews written or given by persons who lived in Leningrad during the siege and placed them in their historical setting. The result is a very personal history of the siege of Leningrad.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Albert Pleysier was born in Utrecht, the Netherlands. He earned his doctor's degree in European History from West Virginia University and is currently a Professor at Piedmont College in Demorest, Georgia.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: University Press of America
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0761841253
• ISBN 13: 9780761841258
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 190