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020			_a9781107340633 (ebook)
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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aDD282.5 _b.S53 2013
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100	1		_aSlaveski, Filip, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Soviet Occupation of Germany : _bHunger, Mass Violence and the Struggle for Peace, 1945–1947 / _cFilip Slaveski.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (183 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aThis is a major new account of the Soviet occupation of postwar Germany and the beginning of the Cold War. Dr Filip Slaveski shows how in the immediate aftermath of war the Red Army command struggled to contain the violence of soldiers against German civilians and, at the same time, feed and rebuild the country. This task was then assumed by the Soviet Military Administration in Germany (SVAG) which was established to impose order on this chaos. Its attempt, however, intensified the battle for resources and power among competing occupation organs, especially SVAG and the army, which spilled over from threats and sabotage into fighting and shootouts in the streets. At times, such conflicts threatened to paralyse occupation governance, leaving armed troops, liberated POWs and slave labourers free to roam. SVAG's successes in reducing the violence and reconstructing eastern Germany were a remarkable achievement in the chaotic aftermath of war.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107043817
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107340633
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37716 _d37716