{"product_id":"2026100008113-secondhand-vlasov-and-the-russian-liberation-movement-soviet-reality-and-emigre-theories","title":"Vlasov And The Russian Liberation Movement: Soviet Reality And Émigré Theories","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good. Jacket: Worn\/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: Name penned on fep. Usual shelf-wear. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the shadow of the Eastern Front, one of the most extraordinary and controversial episodes of the Second World War unfolded — the story of General Andrei Vlasov, a decorated Soviet commander who defected to the Germans and led an anti-Stalinist liberation army composed of Soviet prisoners of war. Catherine Andreyev's meticulously researched work chronicles the origins, ideology, and fate of the Russian Liberation Movement (ROA), situating it within the brutal contradictions of Soviet reality and the fevered political imagination of the Russian émigré community. Drawing on a rich body of primary sources, Andreyev presents a rigorous and unflinching account of how ideology, desperation, and wartime opportunism collided to produce one of history's most morally complex military formations.\n\nPart of the prestigious Cambridge Soviet and East European Studies series, this work stands as a landmark in the historiography of the Second World War on the Eastern Front. Andreyev's scholarly prose is precise yet compelling, challenging both Soviet-era mythologies and the romanticised narratives propagated by émigré theorists. The result is a portrait of men caught between two totalitarian systems — their ultimate fate a grim testament to the unforgiving calculus of twentieth-century politics. For those who seek to understand the full, uncomfortable complexity of loyalty, collaboration, and resistance under tyranny, this volume raises questions that history has never quite resolved.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130694869211,"sku":"2026100008113-SECONDHAND","price":80.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/64b5de40-bd83-49ed-b6e2-524efc76d808.png?v=1786588694","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100008113-secondhand-vlasov-and-the-russian-liberation-movement-soviet-reality-and-emigre-theories","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}