Soviet Myth of World War II - Patriotic Memory and the Russian Question in the Ussr

Provides a bold new interpretation of the origins and development of World War II's remembrance in the USSR.

List of contents

List of Figures; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Maps; Introduction: War and the Tensions of Patriotism; 1. Stalin's Toast: Victory and the Vagaries of Postwar Russocentrism; 2. Victory Days: The War Theme in the Stalinist Commemorative Landscape; 3. Usable Pasts: The Crisis of Patriotism and the Origins of the War Cult; 4. Monumental Memory: Patriotic Identity in the High War Cult; 5. Patriotic Wars: Late-Soviet War Memory and the Politics of Russian Nationalism; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Jonathan Brunstedt is Assistant Professor of History at Texas A&M University.

Summary

Provides a bold new interpretation of the Soviet myth of World War II from its Stalinist origins to its emergence as arguably the supreme myth of state under Brezhnev. Jonathan Brunstedt offers a timely historical investigation into the roots of the revival of the war's memory in Russia today.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Brunstedt, Jonathan (Texas a & M University) Brunstedt
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781108498753
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49875-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, Second World War, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union