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Fighters in the Shadows: A New History of the French Resistance by Robert Gildea

Description: The story of the French Resistance is central to French identity, but it is a story built on myths. 'La Resistance francaise' 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. He brings to the fore the women resisters, who history neglected. By looking again at the constructions and interplay of the myths surrounding the resistance, Gildea builds a vivid, gripping and entirely new account of one of the most compelling narratives of the Second World War.

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EAN: 9780571280360

UPC: 9780571280360

ISBN: 9780571280360

MPN: N/A

Item Length: 20 cm

Number of Pages: 624 Pages

Publication Name: Fighters in the Shadows: a New History of the French Resistance

Language: English

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Item Height: 196 mm

Subject: Government, History

Publication Year: 2016

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 493 g

Author: Robert Gildea

Item Width: 130 mm

Format: Paperback

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