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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gildea, Robert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France.

World War, 1939-1945.

France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (616 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Robert Gildea’s penetrating history of France during World War II sweeps aside the French Resistance of a thousand clichés. 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 1944.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Maps

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Remembering the French Resistance

1. Awakenings

2. Faire quelque chose

3. ‘Titi has been avenged!’

4. London calling

5. Une affaire de femmes

6. In and out of the shadows

7. God’s Underground

8. The blood of others

9. The hinge: North Africa

10. Apogee

11. Rupture

12. Skyfall or guerrilla

13. D-Day

14. Liberation

15. Afterlives

Conclusion: Battle for the Soul of the Resistance

List of Abbreviations

Cast List

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Pilot project,eBook available to selected US libraries only

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Mrz 2018)

ISBN:

0-674-49613-2

OCLC:

1029832407