The tragedy of war. Humanitarian measurement of armed conflicts of the XX century

Any war is a tragedy, but the armed conflicts of the 20th century were particularly cruel. World and civil wars deformed the border between the army and the civilian population, and also became a convenient cover for political radicals in organizing mass terror.
You hold a difficult book in your hands. Its authors are considering those "dark sides" armed confrontations that are not always customary about, and many do not want to hear - war crimes and crimes against humanity, collaboration, genocide and mass resettlements. Key attention is paid to the Nazi policy of destruction, which took the most cruel forms in the occupied territory of the USSR. A number of articles are devoted to the events of the Civil War in Russia, the difficulties of the interaction of the army and civilians during the First World War, as well as issues of historical memory. For the first time published sources allow you to delve into such complex problems as the voluntary complicity of civilians in the Nazi executions of Jews, the post -war restoration of Latvia and the fight against the “forest brothers”, and the political use of the memory of German crimes and collaborators in Soviet society. It is not easy to read about all this, but it is important to know, comprehend and remember in order to prevent repetition in the future.
The book was published by the Russian Military Historical Society.
The basis of the collection was articles written according to the results of reports voiced on the thematic sections of the I and II All-Russian Military Historical Forums "St. George Readings" (2019-2020)