Little Soldiers - How Soviet Children Went to War, 1941-1945

Zusatztext This eloquent, well-researched study, based largely on memoirs and interviews with former child soldiers, fills an important gap in the literature on children and war. Informationen zum Autor Olga Kucherenko's research in history and military anthropology focuses on the impact of war on children, and specifically on Soviet children's experience of World War II. Klappentext Situated at the crossroads of social, cultural, and military history, Little Soldiers tells the story of the Soviet Union's child soldiers in a critical and systematic fashion for the first time. Zusammenfassung Situated at the crossroads of social, cultural, and military history, Little Soldiers tells the story of the Soviet Union's child soldiers in a critical and systematic fashion for the first time.

Product details

• Authors: Olga Kucherenko, Kucherenko Olga
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2011
• EAN: 9780199585557
• ISBN: 978-0-19-958555-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Age groups: children, Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era