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100 1 $aMiner, Steven Merritt,$d1956-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87842404
245 10 $aStalin's holy war :$breligion, nationalism, and alliance politics, 1941-1945 /$cSteven Merritt Miner.
260 $aChapel Hill :$bUniversity of North Carolina Press,$c[2003], ©2003.
300 $axix, 407 pages :$bmaps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [387]-395) and index.
505 00 $gPt. 1.$tThe Church Redux --$g1.$tReligion and Nationality: The Soviet Dilemma, 1939-1941 --$g2.$tStalin's Holy War Begins, 1941-1943 --$gPt. 2.$tFighting the Holy War --$g3.$tA Holy Hatred toward the Enemy: The Church as Servant of Soviet Foreign Policy, 1942-1943 --$g4.$tA Vatican of Sorts --$g5.$tThe Gatherer of the Ukrainian Lands: The Church and the Restoration of Soviet Power in the Western Borderlands --$gPt. 3.$tSelling the Alliance --$g6.$tYou Made Me Love You: Selling the Alliance Begins --$g7.$tAmplifying the Soviet Voice --$g8.$tGuardians of the Truth.
520 1 $a"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.
520 8 $aUsing 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.".
520 8 $a"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.
520 8 $aIn his conclusion, Miner explores how Stalin's religious policy helped shape the postwar history of the USSR."--BOOK JACKET.
610 20 $aRusskai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xReligious aspects.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148492
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zSoviet Union.
650 0 $aNationalism$zSoviet Union.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010103287
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