04390nam 2200841 a 450 991046395350332120200520144314.01-283-37978-397866133797881-4008-4085-610.1515/9781400840854(CKB)3360000000000634(OCoLC)713400107(CaPaEBR)ebrary10522523(SSID)ssj0000646639(PQKBManifestationID)11434950(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000646639(PQKBWorkID)10698909(PQKB)10306267(MiAaPQ)EBC3030301(MdBmJHUP)muse36991(DE-B1597)446714(OCoLC)1054876800(OCoLC)979954395(DE-B1597)9781400840854(Au-PeEL)EBL3030301(CaPaEBR)ebr10522523(CaONFJC)MIL337978(OCoLC)816879847(EXLCZ)99336000000000063420000531d2001 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMaking sense of war[electronic resource] the Second World War and the fate of the Bolshevik Revolution /Amir WeinerCourse BookPrinceton, N.J. Princeton University Pressc20011 online resource (433 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-691-05702-8 0-691-09543-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-410) and index.pt. 1. Delineating the body politic -- pt. 2. Delineating the body socioethnic -- pt. 3. The making of a postwar Soviet nation.In Making Sense of War, Amir Weiner reconceptualizes the entire historical experience of the Soviet Union from a new perspective, that of World War II. Breaking with the conventional interpretation that views World War II as a post-revolutionary addendum, Weiner situates this event at the crux of the development of the Soviet--not just the Stalinist--system. Through a richly detailed look at Soviet society as a whole, and at one Ukrainian region in particular, the author shows how World War II came to define the ways in which members of the political elite as well as ordinary citizens viewed the world and acted upon their beliefs and ideologies. The book explores the creation of the myth of the war against the historiography of modern schemes for social engineering, the Holocaust, ethnic deportations, collaboration, and postwar settlements. For communist true believers, World War II was the purgatory of the revolution, the final cleansing of Soviet society of the remaining elusive "human weeds" who intruded upon socialist harmony, and it brought the polity to the brink of communism. Those ridden with doubts turned to the war as a redemption for past wrongs of the regime, while others hoped it would be the death blow to an evil enterprise. For all, it was the Armageddon of the Bolshevik Revolution. The result of Weiner's inquiry is a bold, compelling new picture of a Soviet Union both reinforced and enfeebled by the experience of total war.World War, 1939-1945Psychological aspectsWorld War, 1939-1945Soviet UnionWorld War, 1939-1945Social aspectsSoviet UnionWorld War, 1939-1945Moral and ethical aspectsSoviet UnionWorld War, 1939-1945UkraineVinnyt͡si͡a RegionWorld War, 1939-1945PropagandaPropaganda, SovietHistoryCommunismSoviet UnionHistoryVinnyt͡si͡a Region (Ukraine)History20th centuryElectronic books.World War, 1939-1945Psychological aspects.World War, 1939-1945World War, 1939-1945Social aspectsWorld War, 1939-1945Moral and ethical aspectsWorld War, 1939-1945World War, 1939-1945Propaganda.Propaganda, SovietHistory.CommunismHistory.940.53/1Weiner Amir1961-1020854MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463953503321Making sense of war2416375UNINA