Description:
The German attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941 represents one of the major caesuras in European history. Its consequences could still be felt fifty years later. Thirty-five historians from nine different countries (including the former Soviet Union) offer a comprehensive survey of the origins, course and long-term impact of this event. The volume is not merely concerned with political and military history, but also with the experiences of ordinary soldiers and civilians.
Brief description:
Bernd Wegner is Professor of Modern History at the University of Hamburg.
Review Quotes:
"This collection provides a wealth of excellent research and insight. Students and specialists in the area will benefit greatly from this collaborative effort." - Canadian Journal of History
"... the greatest merit of this collection of essays is that with its help the reader can get acquainted with a great many major themes of this episode in German-Russian relations and, moreover, often see them addressed from different viewpoints and with different complementary conclusions." - H-Net Reviews (H-German)
"... an outstanding and most comprehensive work on the history and development of the Russian campaign." - Die Zeit
"... a work which marks an important direction in the study of this relationship and the war itself, which has hitherto been the subject of so much mythologising." - John Erickson, University of Edinburgh