Culture, Ideology and Combat in the Red Army, 1939-45
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10073645 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Catherine Merridale (Queen Mary College, University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 305-324 |
| Publication date | 2006-03-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0094 • E-ISSN: 1461-7250 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022009406062072 |
| OpenAlex | W2147973442 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This article deals with the culture, mentalities and motivation of Red Army soldiers in the second world war. It first assesses the evidence, since the destructive and traumatic nature of total war makes research more difficult than usual. In the case of the Soviet Union, too, the iron grip of censorship ensured that certain versions of events and even feelings would be treated as universal. Bearing these limitations in mind, the article then explores soldiers’ diaries, letters and testimonies, matching these with other types of report, and traces the changes in outlook and motivation that drove successive generations of soldiers to fight in this most grim and destructive of European wars
Censorship · Feeling · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Soviet union · European history and politics · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2018 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |