Fighters in the shadows : a new history of the French Resistance
Gildea, Robert2016
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The story of the French Resistance is central to French identity, but it is a story built on myths. 'La Resistance française' was not simply a national effort to free the country from German occupation, but a wider struggle, filled with conflicts and division. It included Spanish republicans, Italian and even German anti-Nazis. The defence against the Holocaust brought in Jewish resisters and Christian rescuers. It involved a civil war for the French Empire in Africa and the Near East. The movement itself was split between those on the far right and the far left, fighting for very different visions of the world. Robert Gildea returns to the testimonies of the resisters themselves, asking who they were, what they believed in and what compelled them to take the terrible risks they did.
Main title:
Fighters in the shadows : a new history of the French Resistance / Robert Gildea.
Author:
Gildea, Robert, author
Imprint:
London : Faber & Faber, 2016.
Collation:
xiv, 593 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2015.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780571280360 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.53360944940.5336
LC class:
D802.F8
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1540954
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