Title: Making sense of war
First published: 2001
Description: "In making Sense of War, Amir Weiner reconceptualizes the entire historical experience of the Soviet Union from a new perspective, that of World War II. Breaking with the conventional interpretation that views World War II as a post-revolutionary addendum, Weiner situates this event at the crux of the development of the Soviet - not just the Stalinist - system.

Through a richly detailed look at Soviet society as a whole, and at one Ukrainian region in particular, the author shows how World War II came to define the ways in which members of the political elite a well as ordinary citizens viewed the world and acted upon their beliefs and ideologies."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945, History, Moral and ethical aspects, Communism, Social aspects, Propaganda, Soviet, Psychological aspects, Propaganda, Soviet Propaganda, Moral and ethical aspects of World War, 1939-1945, Social aspects of World War, 1939-1945, Psychological aspects of World War, 1939-1945, World War II, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Military, Tweede Wereldoorlog, Nationale identiteit, Binnenlandse politiek, World war, 1939-1945, social aspects, World war, 1939-1945, psychological aspects, Communism, history, Communism, soviet union, Ukraine, history, World war, 1939-1945, soviet union, World war, 1939-1945, moral and ethical aspects, World war, 1939-1945, propaganda, World war, 1939-1945, ukraine
Places: Soviet Union, Ukraine, Vinnyt︠s︡i︠a︡ Region (Ukraine), Vinnyt︠s︡i︠a︡ Region
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: D744.55 .W45 2001