Marshal Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov, hero of Leningrad, defender of Moscow and Stalingrad, commander of the victorious Red Army at Berlin, was the most decorated soldier in Soviet history. Yet for many years Zhukov was relegated to the status of "unperson" in his homeland. Now, following...

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1. Verfasser:	Chaney, Otto Preston 1931-1993 (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Norman, Okla., [u.a.] Univ. of Oklahoma Press 1996
Ausgabe:	Rev. ed.
Schlagworte:	Zhukov, G. K <1896-1974> - (Georgiĭ Konstantinovich) Zhukov, Georgiĭ Konstantinovich, 1896-1974 Žukov, Georgij Konstantinovič > 1896-1974 Maarschalken Geschichte Weltkrieg (1939-1945) Marshals > Soviet Union > Biography World War, 1939-1945 > Soviet Union Sowjetunion Soviet Union > History > 1925-1953 Soviet Union > History > 1953-1985 Biografie
Zusammenfassung:	Marshal Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov, hero of Leningrad, defender of Moscow and Stalingrad, commander of the victorious Red Army at Berlin, was the most decorated soldier in Soviet history. Yet for many years Zhukov was relegated to the status of "unperson" in his homeland. Now, following glasnost and the fall of the Soviet Union, Zhukov is being restored to his rightful place in history. In this completely updated version of his classic 1971 biography of Zhukov, Otto Preston Chaney provides the definitive account of the man and his achievements. To provide a thorough account of Zhukov's life, Chaney draws upon a large range of historical and military sources, correcting old information with new. His most important source is Zhukov's own memoirs, which have recently been expanded to include previously censored material Zhukov's career spanned most of the Soviet period, reflecting the turmoil of the civil war, the hardships endured by the Russian people in World War II, the brief postwar optimism evidenced by the friendship between Zhukov and Eisenhower, repression in Poland and Hungary, and the rise and fall of such political figures as Stalin, Beria, and Krushchev. The story of Russia's greatest soldier thus offers many insights into the history of the Soviet Union itself
Beschreibung:	XXIV, 567 S. Ill., Kt.
ISBN:	0806128070