The Resource Fighters in the shadows : a new history of the French resistance, Robert Gildea
Fighters in the shadows : a new history of the French resistance, Robert Gildea
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- Summary
- "The French Resistance has an iconic status in the struggle to liberate Nazi-occupied Europe, but its story is entangled in myths. Gaining a true understanding of the Resistance means recognizing how its image has been carefully curated through a combination of French politics and pride, ever since jubilant crowds celebrated Paris's liberation in August 1944. Robert Gildea's penetrating history of resistance in France during World War II sweeps aside "the French Resistance" of a thousand clichés, showing that much more was at stake than freeing a single nation from Nazi tyranny. As Fighters in the Shadows makes clear, French resistance was part of a Europe-wide struggle against fascism, carried out by an extraordinarily diverse group: not only French men and women but Spanish Republicans, Italian anti-fascists, French and foreign Jews, British and American agents, and even German opponents of Hitler. In France, resistance skirted the edge of civil war between right and left, pitting non-communists who wanted to drive out the Germans and eliminate the Vichy regime while avoiding social revolution at all costs against communist advocates of national insurrection. In French colonial Africa and the Near East, battle was joined between de Gaulle's Free French and forces loyal to Vichy before they combined to liberate France. Based on a riveting reading of diaries, memoirs, letters, and interviews of contemporaries, Fighters in the Shadows gives authentic voice to the resisters themselves, revealing the diversity of their struggles for freedom in the darkest hours of occupation and collaboration."--Publisher's description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Harvard University press edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 593 pages
- Note
- "First published in the United Kingdom by Faber and Faber Ltd in 2015"--Title-page verso
- Contents
-
- Introduction: remembering the French resistance
- Awakenings
- Faire quelque chose
- 'Titi has been avenged!'
- London calling
- Une affaire de femmes
- In and out of the shadows
- God's underground
- The blood of others
- The hinge: North Africa
- Apogee
- Rupture
- Skyfall or guerrilla
- D-day
- Liberation
- Afterlives
- Conclusion: battle for the soul of the resistance
- Isbn
- 9780674286108
- Label
- Fighters in the shadows : a new history of the French resistance
- Title
- Fighters in the shadows
- Title remainder
- a new history of the French resistance
- Statement of responsibility
- Robert Gildea
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The French Resistance has an iconic status in the struggle to liberate Nazi-occupied Europe, but its story is entangled in myths. Gaining a true understanding of the Resistance means recognizing how its image has been carefully curated through a combination of French politics and pride, ever since jubilant crowds celebrated Paris's liberation in August 1944. Robert Gildea's penetrating history of resistance in France during World War II sweeps aside "the French Resistance" of a thousand clichés, showing that much more was at stake than freeing a single nation from Nazi tyranny. As Fighters in the Shadows makes clear, French resistance was part of a Europe-wide struggle against fascism, carried out by an extraordinarily diverse group: not only French men and women but Spanish Republicans, Italian anti-fascists, French and foreign Jews, British and American agents, and even German opponents of Hitler. In France, resistance skirted the edge of civil war between right and left, pitting non-communists who wanted to drive out the Germans and eliminate the Vichy regime while avoiding social revolution at all costs against communist advocates of national insurrection. In French colonial Africa and the Near East, battle was joined between de Gaulle's Free French and forces loyal to Vichy before they combined to liberate France. Based on a riveting reading of diaries, memoirs, letters, and interviews of contemporaries, Fighters in the Shadows gives authentic voice to the resisters themselves, revealing the diversity of their struggles for freedom in the darkest hours of occupation and collaboration."--Publisher's description
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gildea, Robert
- Dewey number
- 940.53/44
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D802.F8
- LC item number
- G465 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- World War, 1939-1945
- France
- Label
- Fighters in the shadows : a new history of the French resistance, Robert Gildea
- Note
- "First published in the United Kingdom by Faber and Faber Ltd in 2015"--Title-page verso
- Bar code
-
- 31223114344220
- 31223114344212
- 31223114672406
- 31223114672398
- 31223114672323
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 548-570) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: remembering the French resistance -- Awakenings -- Faire quelque chose -- 'Titi has been avenged!' -- London calling -- Une affaire de femmes -- In and out of the shadows -- God's underground -- The blood of others -- The hinge: North Africa -- Apogee -- Rupture -- Skyfall or guerrilla -- D-day -- Liberation -- Afterlives -- Conclusion: battle for the soul of the resistance
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First Harvard University press edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 593 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674286108
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2015018188
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- 8 unnumbered leaves of plates, illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- 907204492
- (OCoLC)907204492
- Label
- Fighters in the shadows : a new history of the French resistance, Robert Gildea
- Note
- "First published in the United Kingdom by Faber and Faber Ltd in 2015"--Title-page verso
- Bar code
-
- 31223114344220
- 31223114344212
- 31223114672406
- 31223114672398
- 31223114672323
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 548-570) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: remembering the French resistance -- Awakenings -- Faire quelque chose -- 'Titi has been avenged!' -- London calling -- Une affaire de femmes -- In and out of the shadows -- God's underground -- The blood of others -- The hinge: North Africa -- Apogee -- Rupture -- Skyfall or guerrilla -- D-day -- Liberation -- Afterlives -- Conclusion: battle for the soul of the resistance
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First Harvard University press edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 593 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674286108
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2015018188
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- 8 unnumbered leaves of plates, illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- 907204492
- (OCoLC)907204492
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