{"product_id":"in-the-trenches-a-russian-woman-soldiers-story-of-world-war-i-9781640121966","title":"In the Trenches: A Russian Woman Soldier's Story of World War I","description":"\u003cp\u003eTatiana L. Dubinskaya's autobiographical novel of life in the Russian army marked the first major work published by a female World War I soldier in the Soviet Union. Often compared to \u003cem\u003eAll Quiet on the Western Front\u003c\/em\u003e, Dubinskaya's stark and unsparing story presents a rare look at women in combat and one of the few works of fiction set on the eastern front.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Zinaida, a Russian schoolgirl, runs away from home to join the army. Sent to the front, she endures the horrors of trench warfare and the hardships of military life. Undercurrents of revolutionary thinking filter into the ranks as morale begins to crumble. Zinaida must come to grips with the havoc unleashed by the czar's overthrow and the new socialist government's attempts to impose revolutionary reforms on the army. Destabilization and desertion follow, and her regiment joins the chaotic mass retreat of the Russian army in the summer of 1917.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In addition to Dubinskaya's original novel, this edition includes selections from her 1936 autobiographical work, \u003cem\u003eMachine Gunner\u003c\/em\u003e, which she rewrote to satisfy Stalinist censors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13095992\"\u003eTatiana L. Dubinskaya\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640121966\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 164012196X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014040\"\u003eHistorical | 20th Century | World War I\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC041000\"\u003eBiographical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTatiana L. Dubinskaya\u003c\/b\u003e (1902-90) served in the Russian army until 1917, then became a soldier and a nurse for the Red Army during the Russian Civil War (1917-22). After the civil war, she worked as a typist for the Red Army in Moscow and later became a writer. The Communist Party sent her to Tajikistan in 1931, and on her return to Moscow, she became active with the Union of Soviet Writers, earning a reputation as a Communist Party informant. \u003cb\u003eLawrence M. Kaplan \u003c\/b\u003eis a military historian and the author of \u003ci\u003eHomer Lea: American Soldier of Fortune\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003ePershing's Tankers: Personal Accounts of the AEF Tank Corps in World War I\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44575886868717,"sku":"9781640121966","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_e0fd3d1b-f83e-4827-a770-11b1ab7fa6ce.jpg?v=1702003351","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/in-the-trenches-a-russian-woman-soldiers-story-of-world-war-i-9781640121966","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}