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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2023
- ISBN
- 9781639364275
- Book Title
- Red Hotel : Moscow 1941, the Metropol Hotel, and the Untold Story of Stalin's Propaganda War
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.7 in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Russia & the Former Soviet Union
- Item Weight
- 22.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 464 Pages
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Publisher
Pegasus Books
ISBN-10
1639364277
ISBN-13
9781639364275
eBay Product ID (ePID)
24058367497
Product Key Features
Book Title
Red Hotel : Moscow 1941, the Metropol Hotel, and the Untold Story of Stalin's Propaganda War
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Russia & the Former Soviet Union
Publication Year
2023
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.7 in
Item Weight
22.4 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
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Philps's book vindicates the value of truth, most of all by depicting the lengths that a rare few will go to share it. Yet Philps is also clear-eyed enough to show that truth will not always come out -- at least, not easily, and not without cost., 'The truth was the first casualty' in Alan Philps's The Red Hotel , a disturbing expose of Stalin's ruthless control of the media narrative during WWII. At center stage is the harrowing plight of female translators at the Metropol, forced to perpetuate a Soviet disinformation campaign. A timely and sobering reminder of how the absence of a free press can forever change the course of history., An unsettling account of how a cadre of foreign correspondents in Moscow during World War II were pressed to acquiesce to the Kremlin's censorship. Philps's thoughtful narrative puts their work into the appropriate historical context. An authoritative history of the terrible ramifications of the silence about Stalin's lies., Ostensibly the story of the Allied reporters based during World War II in the Metropol Hotel in Moscow, the real heroes of the book are the female translators who at great personal risk sought to tell the truth about Stalin. A timely reminder of Russia's ambitions and desire to shape the historical narrative., An unsettling account of how a cadre of foreign correspondents in Moscow during World War II were pressed to acquiesce to the Kremlin's censorship. Philp's thoughtful narrative puts their work into the appropriate historical context. An authoritative history of the terrible ramifications of the silence about Stalin's lies., Alan Philips has given readers a true gem. The Red Hotel is by turns harrowing and heart breaking, heroic and squalid, arousing and soul-destroying, epic and claustrophobic. There are a myriad of books of Russia's war time experience, perhaps the most profound episode in the history of the modern west, but The Red Hotel stands out among them for its humanity, scholarship, and brilliant, captivating prose., In The Red Hotel , Mr. Philps conveys Nadya Ulanovskaya's story in stirring detail, both her improbable adventures before World War II and the ordeals she experienced in the Gulag. Stalin's tight control of what could be reported--whether from the Metropol or elsewhere--didn't fool everyone., The best histories set in Russia during World War II call to our sensual appreciation of tangible tastes and sensations--lavish wealth with a dark river running through it; passionate courage on the part of the subjugated and impoverished. Alan Philps, veteran Moscow correspondent, skillfully delivers this chilling tale cloaked in a mood steeped in velvet luxury and fitted with a poison lining., The Red Hotel is a vivid, intimate, and engaging account of foreign journalists confined to Moscow's Metropole Hotel by Stalin during World War II--and their relations with young women translators sent by the Soviets to spy on and assist them. Philps's fascinating narrative details the brutal suffering of innocent Russians in Stalin's Gulag and evokes dark parallels between Stalin and Putin in their obsession with controlling the flow of information at home.
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The untold history of Moscow's Metropol hotel--a fervent spot of intrigue, secrets, and the center of Stalin's nefarious propaganda during WWII. *A Washington Post Best Book of the Year* In 1941, when German armies were marching towards Moscow, Lenin's body was moved from his tomb on Red Square and taken to Siberia. By 1945, a victorious Stalin had turned a poor country into a victorious superpower. Over the course of those four years, Stalin, at Churchill's insistence, accepted an Anglo-American press corps in Moscow to cover the Eastern Front. To turn these reporters into Kremlin mouthpieces, Stalin imposed the most draconian controls - unbending censorship, no visits to the battle front, and a ban on contact with ordinary citizens. The Red Hotel explores this gilded cage of the Metropol Hotel. They enjoyed lavish supplies of caviar and had their choice of young women to employ as translators and share their beds. On the surface, this regime served Stalin well: his plans to control Eastern Europe as a Sovietised 'outer empire' were never reported and the most outrageous Soviet lies went unchallenged. But beneath the surface the Metropol was roiling with intrigue. While some of the translators turned journalists into robotic conveyors of Kremlin propaganda, others were secret dissidents who whispered to reporters the reality of Soviet life and were punished with sentences in the Gulag. Using British archives and Soviet sources, the unique role of the women of the Metropol, both as consummate propagandists and secret dissenters, is told for the first time. At the end of the war when Lenin returned to Red Square, the reporters went home, but the memory of Stalin's ruthless control of the wartime narrative lived on in the Kremlin. From the weaponization of disinformation to the falsification of history, from the moving of borders to the neutralisation of independent states, the story of the Metropol mirrors the struggles of our own modern era.
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- p***c (3)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseBook arrived in great condition. It was described accurately. It was shipped in a bubble mailer, so there was some minor damage to it on edges. No big deal, still worth the price! Seller was communicative and recieved my message when I dmed them about an issue.The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol... (#365568611637)
- m***m (14)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseShipped promptly and packed up securely. All books are in great condition. The box part of the box set looks like it may have come apart and was taped up on one of the upper corners. Not a big deal to me and the box still fits all the books securely, but the taping was not mentioned in the description. Would have been disappointing if I was looking for a box set that looked like it was in mint or near mint condition.
- k***7 (6)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseCondition was better than listed. Shipping time was perfect and right away within three days I received it. Value best I could find in months! Use this seller if something is a few bucks more just to make certain you know you’re in good hands! This is a great great seller trustworthy!!Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish: A Creative and Proven Approach (#365602639582)