Amazon.com description: Product Description: "A fascinating cultural history, charting the rise and fall of Russian patriotism during the first few years of the Great War. . . . What we receive is well-reasoned proof, with vivid support, of how popular culture reflected a major change in the concept of patriotism held by Russians from every class."--War, Literature, and the Arts

"Illustrated with period prints, posters, and broadsides, Jahn's book is a . . . brilliantly executed study of Russian popular patriotic culture in WW I. [Jahn] trac[es] the evolution of patriotic symbolism in such diverse genres as lubki (popular broadsides), cartoons, postcards, dramatic performances, and cinema." --Choice

"Jahn focuses on popular entertainments and cultural production related to the war in the hopes of reconstructing a popular mentalit. . . . His knowledge in these areas is clearly prodigious. . . . [A] valuable and unique contribution to both Russian cultural history and the comparative cultural history of World War I." --American Historical Review

"Given the importance of the First World War for understanding Russia's revolutions, historians have spent surprisingly little time examining wartime social and cultural experiences. This [book's] fascinating catalog of wartime cultural productions and artifacts begins to fill in some crucial gaps. . . . This very useful book makes an important contribution to a long-neglected field."--Russian Review