<p>Much of the story about the Soviet Unionβs victory over Nazi Germany has yet to be told. In <i>Motherland in Danger,</i> Karel Berkhoff addresses one of the most neglected questions facing historians of the Second World War: how did the Soviet leadership sell the campaign against the Germans to t
Motherland in danger : Soviet propaganda during World War II
β Scribed by Karel C. Berkhoff.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Year
- 2012.
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 416
- Edition
- English
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Stalinist propaganda as a system for control --
Selfless obedience and heroism at the front --
A single forced labor camp --
Material privations --
Monstrous atrocities --
A bestial plan for physical extermination --
Hatred with all the might of the soul --
The motherland and its peoples --
Immortal avengers and enemy accomplices --
Allies who must join the action.
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