The German-soviet War: Combat, Occupation and Legacies - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1501781073 ISBN 13 : 9781501781070

Editeur : Cornell University Press, 2025

Synopsis

The German-Soviet War revises the conflict's generally accepted understanding through case-studies, demonstrating the complexity of the war at the local level. The contributors assembled by Jeff Rutherford and Robert von Maier examine the multiplicity of experiences of individuals caught in this savage war, starting with the German war of annihilation launched against Soviet state and society in June 1941. This detailed collection demonstrates that the particular nature of the war in the east resulted from an intertwining of military, ideological, and and economic motives. The German-Soviet War puts Germany's murderous policies towards Soviet Jews and prisoners of war, and the justification for these policies and actions within the ranks of the army, into the larger context of battlefield events. The negelected topic of the devastatingly destructive German scorched earth retreats receives detailed analysis, demonstrating the importance of ideology and economic thinking in the army's war. The difficulty in reconciling economic and ideological considerations also played a prominent role in Soviet attempts to rebuild after the war. The German-Soviet War not only brings attention to these destructive events, but also revises the general narrative of the war. By internationalizing the conflict through examinations into the various Axis and Allied nations and peoples who participated in the fighting, the volume provides new ways of conceptualizing their motivations, actions, and importance in its eventual outcome.Together, the contributions to The German-Soviet War provide new ways of examining the defining conflict of the Second World War.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jeff Rutherford is Teaching Professor of History at Xavier University. He has written extensively on Germany's war against the Soviet Union, including the book Combat and Genocide on the Eastern Front.

Robert von Maier is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief at Brécourt Academic.

Contributors: Ian Garner, Travis Gray, Ilya Grinberg, Susan C. I. Grunewald, Keith Hann, David A. Harrisville, Nina Janz, Dallas Michelbacher, Jennifer Lauren Popowycz, Valeriy Romanenko, Maris Rowe-McCulloch, David Stahel, Nicolas G. Virtue, Edward B. Westermann, Adrian E. Wettstein, and Bastiaan Willems

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cornell University Press
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1501781073
• ISBN 13: 9781501781070
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 600
• Éditeur: Rutherford Jeff, Von Maier Robert
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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