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Russia's War
A HISTORY OF THE SOVIET EFFORT: 1941-1945
By Richard Overy

ABOUT RUSSIA’S WAR

“A penetrating and compassionate book on the most gigantic military struggle in

world history.”–The New York Times Book Review

“An extraordinary tale… Overy’s engrossing book provides extensive details of teh
slaughter, brutality, bitterness and destruction on the massive front from the White
Sea to the flank of Asia.”–Chicago Tribune 

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The Russian war effort to defeat invading Axis powers, an effort that assembled the
largest military force in recorded history and that cost the lives of more than 25
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Overy tackles the many persuasive questions surrounding this conflict. Was Stalin
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

List of illustrations

List of Maps and Tables

Preface
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Introduction

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1. The Darkness Technologies
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4. Between Life and Death: Leningrad and Moscow

5. The Fight from Within: Collaboration, Terror and Resistance

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Cauldron Boils: Stalingrad, 1942-43

7. The Citadel: Kursk, 1943

8. False Dawn: 1943-44

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9. Fall of the Swastika: 1945

10. The Cult of Personality: Stalin and the Legacy of War

 Epilogue: Russia’s War: Myth and Reality

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