By putting the Soviet people back in their war, this volume helps restore the range and complexity of human experience to one of history's most savage periods.
See also A. Assmann, 'Four Formats of Memory: From Individual to Collective Constructions of the Past', in C. Emden and D. Midgley (eds), Cultural Memory and Historical Consciousness in the German-Speaking World since 1500 (Bern, 2004), ...
In this comprehensive and engrossing narrative Angus Calder presents not only the great events and leading figures but also the oddities and banalities of daily life on the Home Front, and in particular the parts played by ordinary people: ...
The People's War
The People's War: Malta 1940/43