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Fighters in the Shadows: A New History of the French Resistance
Robert Gildea
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Description for Fighters in the Shadows: A New History of the French Resistance
Paperback. The story of the French Resistance is central to French identity, but it is a story built on myths. The author returns to the testimonies of those involved, asking who they were, and what compelled them to take the terrible risks they did, bringing to the fore stories of the women resisters, whom history has neglected. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 238 x 40. Weight in Grams: 484.
The story of the French Resistance is central to French identity, but it is a story built on myths. Not simply an effort to free the country from German occupation, it was part of a Europe-wide anti-fascist struggle, which included Spanish republicans, Italian and German anti-Nazis, communists, Jewish resisters and Christian rescuers. Robert Gildea returns to the testimonies of those involved, asking who they were, and what compelled them to take the terrible risks they did, bringing to the fore stories of the women resisters, whom history has neglected. Fighters in the Shadows is a vivid, gripping and entirely new ... Read more
The story of the French Resistance is central to French identity, but it is a story built on myths. Not simply an effort to free the country from German occupation, it was part of a Europe-wide anti-fascist struggle, which included Spanish republicans, Italian and German anti-Nazis, communists, Jewish resisters and Christian rescuers. Robert Gildea returns to the testimonies of those involved, asking who they were, and what compelled them to take the terrible risks they did, bringing to the fore stories of the women resisters, whom history has neglected. Fighters in the Shadows is a vivid, gripping and entirely new ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
608
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571280360
SKU
V9780571280360
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99-40
About Robert Gildea
Robert Gildea has spent a lifetime studying modern France. Among his major works are Children of the Revolution, France Since 1945 and The Past in French History. His book, Marianne in Chains, won the Wolfson Prize for History in 2002. He is Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford.
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