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Ivan's War : Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945
Ivan's War Life and Death in the Red Army 19391945
Author: Catherine Merridale
ISBN-13: 9780805074550
ISBN-10: 0805074554
Publication Date: 1/24/2006
Pages: 480
Rating:
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3.5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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hardtack avatar reviewed Ivan's War : Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945 on + 2569 more book reviews
Twenty-seven million Soviet citizens died in World War II. This is not so much a testament to their valor against the Nazi terror, as it was to the stupidity and brutality of the Communist system.

How such a valiant people could bear such a burden and then be betrayed in the end by their own leadership is what may be he vilest crime against humanity in the history of the world.

The author does a tremendous job defining the Soviet scarifice.