TY - BOOK AU - Merridale,Catherine Anne TI - Ivan's war : : life and death in the Red Army, 1939-1945 SN - 0805074554 AV - D 764 M568i 2006 U1 - 940.54/217 PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - Metropolitan Books KW - Soviet Union KW - Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡ KW - History KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Unión Soviética. KW - Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡ (RKKA) KW - Historia KW - Ejército Rojo KW - Guerra mundial II, 1939-1945 KW - Fuerzas armadas KW - 1939-1945 KW - Campaigns KW - Eastern Front KW - Campañas KW - Frente occidental KW - Soldiers KW - Social conditions KW - 20th century KW - Soldados KW - Condiciones sociales KW - Unión Soviética KW - Siglo XX N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages [433]-439) and index; True war stories Marching with revolutionary step A fire through all the world Disaster beats its wings Black ways of war Stone by stone A land laid waster May brotherhood be blessed Exulting, grieving, and sweating blood Despoil the corpse Sheathe the old sword And we remember all N2 - A narrative of the ordinary Russian soldier's experience of the worst war in history, based on newly revealed sources. The men and women of the Red Army, a ragtag mass of soldiers, confronted Europe's most lethal fighting force and by 1945 had defeated it. Sixty years have passed since their epic triumph, but the heart and mind of Ivan--as the ordinary Russian soldier was called--remain a mystery. We know something about how the soldiers died, but nearly nothing about how they lived, how they saw the world, or why they fought. Drawing on previously closed military and secret police archives, interviews with veterans, and private letters and diaries, Merridale presents the first comprehensive history of the Red Army rank and file, revealing the singular mixture of courage, patriotism, anger, and fear that made it possible for these underfed, badly led troops to defeat the Nazi army.--From publisher description UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005050457-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005050457-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005050457-s.html ER -