Buch, Englisch, 512 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 773 g
Reihe: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
1940-1945
Buch, Englisch, 512 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 773 g
Reihe: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
ISBN: 978-0-231-18996-5
Verlag: Columbia University Press
The Resistance in Western Europe is a sweeping analytical history of the underground anti-Nazi forces during World War II. Examining clandestine organizations in Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Italy, Olivier Wieviorka sheds new light on the factors that shaped the resistance and its place in the grand scheme of Anglo-American military strategy. While national actors played a leading role in fomenting resistance, British and American intelligence services and propaganda as well as financial, material, and logistical support were crucial to its activities and growth. Wieviorka illuminates the policies of governments in exile and resistance actors regarding cooperation with the British and Americans, pointing to the persistence of national self-interest and long-standing historical tensions. Drawing on a wide range of archival sources and bringing together the political, diplomatic, and military dimensions of the conflict, this book is the first account of the resistance on a continental scale and from a trans-European perspective.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Invasion und Besatzung
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte