The Stuff of Soldiers : : A History of the Red Army in World War II through Objects / / Brandon M. Schechter.
The Stuff of Soldiers uses everyday objects to tell the story of the Great Patriotic War as never before. Brandon M. Schechter attends to a diverse array of things—from spoons to tanks—to show how a wide array of citizens became soldiers, and how the provisioning of material goods separated soldiers...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Battlegrounds: Cornell Studies in Military History
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (344 p.) :; 40 b&w halftones |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Prelude: Outgunned and Outmanned
- Acknowledgments
- Archival Sources and Their Abbreviations
- Terms and Abbreviations
- Explanatory Notes
- Introduction: Government Issue
- Part One: Mortal Envelopes
- 1. The Soldier’s Body: A Little Cog in a Giant War Machine
- 2. A Personal Banner: Life in Red Army Uniform
- 3. The State’s Pot and the Soldier’s Spoon: Rations in the Red Army
- Part Two: Violence
- 4. Cities of Earth, Cities of Rubble: The Spade and Red Army Landscaping
- 5. “A Weapon Is Your Honor and Conscience”: Killing in the Red Army
- Part Three: Possessions
- 6. The Thing-Bag: A Public-Private Place
- 7. Trophies of War: Red Army Soldiers Confront an Alien World of Goods
- Conclusion: Subjects and Objects
- Notes
- Index