For soldiers on the Great War s Western Front the term home front suggested a degree of coziness, a place of retreat from the horrors of battle visualized by the poet Rupert Brooke in idyllic terms shortly before the war, a place where the lilac is in bloom and is there honey st…
For soldiers on the Great War s Western Front the term home front suggested a degree of coziness, a place of retreat from the horrors of battle visualized by the poet Rupert Brooke in idyllic terms shortly before the war, a place where the lilac is in bloom and is there honey st…
"This multi-author collection of essays analyzes a wide variety of military experiences in Russia's First World War and to a lesser extent the Russian Civil War."--Provided by publsher.
"This multi-author collection of essays analyzes a wide variety of military experiences in Russia's First World War and to a lesser extent the Russian Civil War."--Provided by publsher.
Unofficial jokes and anecdotes of the Stalin era -- The revolution, civil war and "war communism"--The new economic policy -- Stalin's revolution from above -- Collectivization -- Industrialization -- Everyday life -- The great terror -- Storm clouds gather -- The great patrioti…