Resistance
The Underground War in Europe, 1939-1945
$40.43
- Paperback
960 pages
- Release Date
6 June 2023
Summary
A sweeping, original history of occupation and resistance in war-torn Europe
Across the whole of Nazi-ruled Europe the experience of occupation was sharply varied. Some countries - such as Denmark - were within tight limits allowed to run themselves. Others - such as France - were constrained not only by military occupation but by open collaboration. In a historical moment when Nazi victory seemed permanent and irreversible, the question ‘why resist?’ was therefore augmented by ‘who w…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141979014 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141979011 |
| Author: | Halik Kochanski |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 960 |
| Release Date: | 6 June 2023 |
| Weight: | 678g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 41mm |
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The best book about the resistance I have ever read. It addresses the story with scholarly objectivity and an absolute lack of sentimentality … it is marvellous to read a study of such breadth and depth, which reaches balanced judgments. – Max Hastings * Sunday Times *
Ground-breaking … a superb, myth-busting survey of the many ways in which the subjugated peoples of Europe tried to fight back. – Saul David * Daily Telegraph *
A full and nuanced account of all the different forms of resistance… a timely book. * Times Literary Supplement *
Eminently readable … subtle, multilayered and kaleidoscopic … Kochanski’s gripping account of the activities of the resistance includes, as might be expected, tales of derring-do and extraordinary courage as well as tragedy, betrayal and Nazi barbarism. – Andrew Stuttaford * Wall Street Journal *
This ambitious history offers the first unified picture of resistance against Nazi Germany in the many countries it invaded … Dispensing with heroics and highlighting the imperfect, human nature of the underground, [Kochanski] nevertheless depicts a vital defence of dignity, spirit, and the future, mounted against all odds. * New Yorker *
Halik Kochanski’s Resistance reads less like a work of history and more like a chronicle of a partisan war foretold … her scrupulous scholarship, and her refusal to romanticize the grim, grimy work of being a resister, does make Resistance something of a primer for the many Ukrainians now fighting to undermine Russian authority. – Yuliya Tymoshenko * Project Syndicate *
This history of resistance in the Second World War is as moving as it is comprehensive. * The Critic *
An excellent comparative study of wartime resistance in all its forms. * BBC History *
About The Author
Halik Kochanski
Halik Kochanski is a British historian. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and member of the British Commission for Military History, she taught history at several universities and is the author of The Eagle Unbowed- Poland and the Poles in the Second World War.
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