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religion, nationalism, and alliance politics, 1941-1945

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An edition of Stalins Holy War (2003)

Stalin's holy war

religion, nationalism, and alliance politics, 1941-1945

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"Histories of the USSR during World War II generally portray the Kremlin's restoration of the Russian Orthodox Church as an attempt by an ideologically bankrupt regime to appeal to Russian nationalism in order to counter the mortal threat of Nazism. Here, Steven Merritt Miner argues that this version of events, while not wholly untrue, is incomplete.

Using newly opened Soviet-era archives as well as neglected British and American sources, he examines the complex and profound role of religion, especially Russian Orthodoxy, in the policies of Stalin's government during World War II.".

"Miner demonstrates that Stalin decided to restore the Church to prominence not primarily as a means to stoke the fires of Russian nationalism but as a tool for restoring Soviet power to areas that the Red Army recovered from German occupation. The Kremlin also harnessed the Church for propaganda campaigns aimed at convincing the Western Allies that the USSR, far from being a source of religious repression, was a bastion of religious freedom.

In his conclusion, Miner explores how Stalin's religious policy helped shape the postwar history of the USSR."--BOOK JACKET.

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English
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407

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Stalin's Holy War: Religion, Nationalism, and Alliance Politics, 1941-1945
January 17, 2007, The University of North Carolina Press
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Stalin's holy war: religion, nationalism, and alliance politics, 1941-1945
2003, University of North Carolina Press
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Stalins Holy War: Religion Nationalism and Alliance Politics, 1941-1945
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-395) and index

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Chapel Hill

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Library of Congress
D744.5.S65 M56 2003, 2002002100 [D]

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Pagination
xix, 407 p. :
Number of pages
407

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17229754M
Internet Archive
stalinsholywarre00mine_926
ISBN 10
0807827363
ISBN 13
9780807827369
LCCN
2002002100
OCLC/WorldCat
49002013
Library Thing
1096889
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4367146

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