Leningrad: Tragedy of a City Under Siege, 1941-44

Zusatztext A moving and breathtaking examination of the terrible price extorted by unfettered political power on both sides Informationen zum Autor Anna Reid holds a master's degree in Russian history and reform economics from London University's School of Slavonic and East European Studies. She was the Kiev correspondent for the Economist and the Daily Telegraph from 1993 to 1995. Her first book, Borderland: A Journey through the History of the Ukraine, was published to wide acclaim in 1997. Ms. Reid lives in London. Klappentext When Hitler attacked the Soviet Union in June 1941, he intended to capture Leningrad before turning on Moscow. Soviet resistance forced him to change tactics: with his forward troops only thirty kilometres from the city's historic centre, he decided instead to starve it out. Using newly available diaries and government records, Anna Reid describes a city's descent into hell - the breakdown of electricity and water supply; subzero temperatures; the consumption of pets, joiner's glue and face cream; the dead left unburied where they fell - but also the extraordinary endurance, bravery and self-sacrifice, despite the cruelty and indifference of the Kremlin.The siege of Leningrad is one of the great stories of extraordinary and heroic endurance in World War II Zusammenfassung The siege of Leningrad is one of the great stories of extraordinary and heroic endurance in World War II

Product details

• Authors: Anna Reid, Reid Anna
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.08.2012
• EAN: 9781408822418
• ISBN: 978-1-4088-2241-8
• No. of pages: 492
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 33 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book; Non-fiction book > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Russia, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Second World War, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, Battles and campaigns, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Russia / General