Resistance in Western Europe / edited by Bob Moore.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moore, Bob, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements.

World War, 1939-1945.

War--Underground movements.

Physical Description:

x, 298 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2000.

Summary:

Until now, most work on resistance has centered either on espionage networks, partisans and their external links, or on comparisons between national movements and theories of resistance. Resistance in Western Europe fills a major gap in the existing literature by providing an analysis cf individual national historiographies on resistance, the debates they have engendered and their relationship to more general discussions of the occupation and postwar reconstruction of the countries concerned.

Explaining the context, underlying motivations and development of resistance, contributors analyze the variety of movements and organizations as well as the extent of individual acts against the occupying power within individual states. While charting the growth of resistance activity as the war turned against the Axis, this book also deals with the roles of specific groups and the theories which have been put forward to explain their behavior, including patterns of Jewish resistance and the participation of women in what has largely been considered a male sphere. The conclusion then provides a comparative synthesis, and relates the work of the contributors to existing theories on the subject as a whole.

Contents:

Defining resistance / Bob Moore

Belgium / Pieter Lagrou

Channel Islands / Louise Wilmot

Denmark / Hans Kirchhoff

France / Olivier Wieviorka

Italy / Gustavo Corni

Netherlands / Dick van Galen Last

Norway / Arnfinn Moland

Comparing resistance and resistance movements / Bob Moore.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-283) and index.

ISBN:

1859732747

1859732798

OCLC:

45434668