331p ISBN 9780399588723 cloth, $30.00; ISBN 9780399588730 ebook, contact publisher for price That hundreds of thousands of Soviet women served in the regular army combat forces during WW II remains a ...revelation to those in the West, even in the era of integrated armed forces in the 21st century.Aleksievich, a Nobel Prize-winning author, draws out recurring themes in interviews to focus on the relationships, feelings, and distinctly feminine aspects of war experience.
Historian Alexopoulos's study of the Gulag medical system provides a wealth of new data based on meticulous archival research that should bring a significant change in scholars' understanding of the ...Soviet calculus of punishment, productivity, and the value of human life. The author's clear elaboration of varied personal relationships between medical personnel and inmates, the complexities of the prisoner-doctor role, and local administrators' willingness to perpetrate and also mitigate cruel practices constitutes a particular strength of the work.
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