Jonathan Brunstedt discusses his 乐鱼 体育 project, 鈥淓ntangled Defeats: The Soviet-Afghan War and the Shadow of Vietnam" and highlights his most recent book, 鈥淭he Soviet Myth of World War II: Patriotic Memory and the Russian Question in the USSR."
In this edition of 乐鱼 体育 NOW, we are joined by Jonathan Brunstedt, former Title VIII Research Scholar with the Kennan Institute and Assistant Professor of History at Texas A&M University. He discusses his 乐鱼 体育 project, 鈥淓ntangled Defeats: The Soviet-Afghan War and the Shadow of Vietnam." Jonathan also highlights his most recent book, 鈥,鈥 which examines official notions of patriotism and patriotic identity in the USSR through the lens of World War II's public remembrance.
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