Brandon M. Schechter

Stuff of Soldiers

A History of the Red Army in World War II Through Objects

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Produktbeschreibung

The Stuff of Soldiers uses everyday objects to tell the story of the Great Patriotic War as never before. Brandon Schechter attends to a diverse array of thingsâ from spoons to tanksâ to show how a wide array of citizens became soldiers, and how the provisioning of material goods separated soldiers from civilians.Through a fascinating examination...

Produktdetails

• Battlegrounds: Cornell Studies in Military History
• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 686g
• ISBN-13: 9781501739798
• ISBN-10: 1501739794
• Artikelnr.: 54812234

Autorenporträt

Brandon M. Schechter has taught at Columbia, New York University, NYU Shanghai, Brown, and the University of California at Berkeley, where he received his PhD. He is a contributor to Objects of War, edited by Leora Auslander and Tara Zahra.

Inhaltsangabe

Prelude: Outgunned and Outmanned
Acknowledgments
List of Archival Sources and Their Abbreviations
Terms and Abbreviations
Explanatory Notes
Introduction: Government Issue
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
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
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