Title The stuff of soldiers : a history of the Red Army in World War II through objects / Brandon M. Schechter.

Publication Info.	Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019.
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Description	1 online resource (xxiv, 315 pages).
	World War, 1939-1945 language
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Battlegrounds : Cornell studies in military history
	Battlegrounds (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction : government issue -- The soldier's body : a little cog in a giant war machine -- A personal banner : life in Red Army uniform -- The government's pot and the soldier's spoon : rations in the Red Army -- Cities of earth, cities of rubble : the spade and Red Army landscaping -- "A weapon is your honor and conscience" : killing in the Red Army -- The thing-bag : a public-private place -- Trophies of war : Red Army soldiers confront an alien world of goods -- Conclusion : subjects and objects.
Summary	"This book tells the story of the Great Patriotic War via objects from spoons to tanks. It was the uniform world of material goods that united diverse soldiers in the ranks of the Red Army and was often all that separated civilians from soldiers"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject	Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi͡anskai͡a Krasnai͡a Armii͡a -- Military life.
	Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi͡anskai͡a Krasnai͡a Armii͡a.
	Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi͡anskai͡a Krasnai͡a Armii͡a -- Equipment.
	Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi͡anskai͡a Krasnai͡a Armii͡a -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.
	History.
	Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi͡anskai͡a Krasnai͡a Armii͡a.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union -- Equipment and supplies.
	Soldiers -- Soviet Union -- Social conditions.
	Soldiers.
	Soviet Union.
	Social conditions.
	Military paraphernalia -- Soviet Union.
	Military paraphernalia.
	Material culture -- Soviet Union.
	Material culture.
	Personal belongings -- Soviet Union.
	Personal belongings.
	World War (1939-1945)
Chronological Term	1939-1945
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Schechter, Brandon M. Stuff of soldiers. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019 9781501739798 (DLC) 2018053748
ISBN	9781501739811 (electronic book)
	1501739808 (electronic book)
	9781501739804 (electronic book)
	1501739816 (electronic book)
	9781501739798

Title The stuff of soldiers : a history of the Red Army in World War II through objects / Brandon M. Schechter.

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