Leningrad 1941-42: Morality in a City under Siege, by Sergey Yarov

A. W. Purdue chews over a grim account of how civilised nature crumbles when starvation looms

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June 22, 2017
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June 22, 2017
A.W. Purdue
Leningrad
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Print headline: Humanity on an empty stomach

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Reader's comments (1)

#1 Submitted by r.... on June 24, 2017 - 10:34am
"Yarov suggests that civilised behaviour is fragile and depends upon a certain level of security and sustenance and upon the example of the behaviour of others." Nothing new there.

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