The Living and the Dead: The Rise and Fall of the Cult of World War II in Russia - Paperback

by Nina Tumarkin (Author)

This eye-opening book shows how Communist state and party authorities stage-managed the Soviets' memory of World War II, transforming a national trauma into a heroic exploit that glorified the party while systematically concealing the disastrous mistakes and criminal cruelties committed by the Stalinist tyranny.

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This moving account of a suffering people's struggle with a brutal history shows how state and party authorities stage-managed a national trauma into a heroic exploit that glorified the Communist party.