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A people's history of the Second World War : resistance versus empire / Donny Gluckstein.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Pluto, 2012Description: 1 online resource (x, 269 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1849647194
  • 1849647208
  • 9781849647199
  • 9781849647205
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 940.53 23
LOC classification:
  • D743
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1. Spanish Prelude; Part I: Yugoslavia, Greece, Polandand Latvia -- Between the Blocs; 2. Yugoslavia -- Balancing Powers; 3. Greece -- Allies at War with the Resistance; 4. Poland's Warsaw Rising; 5. Latvia -- Standing History on its Head; Part II: France, Britain and the USA -Divisions Within the Allied Camp; 6. France -- Imperial Glory versus Resistance Ideology; 7. Britain -- The Myth of Unity; 8. USA -- Racism in the Arsenal of Democracy; Part III: Germany, Austria and Italy -- Under the Axis; 9. Germany -- Conservatives and Antifa.
10. Austria -- Resistance and Ruling-Class Capitulation11. Italy -- The Working Class and theTwo Wars; Part IV: India, Indonesia and Vietnam -Different Enemies; 12. India -- From Famine to Independence; 13. Indonesia -- Axis and Allies United Against the People; 14. Vietnam -- Anti-Imperialist Breakthrough; Conclusion; Chronology; Notes; Index.
Summary: A history of the Second World War as fought 'from below' by anti-fascist militias, who worked both with and against the allied powers.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1. Spanish Prelude; Part I: Yugoslavia, Greece, Polandand Latvia -- Between the Blocs; 2. Yugoslavia -- Balancing Powers; 3. Greece -- Allies at War with the Resistance; 4. Poland's Warsaw Rising; 5. Latvia -- Standing History on its Head; Part II: France, Britain and the USA -Divisions Within the Allied Camp; 6. France -- Imperial Glory versus Resistance Ideology; 7. Britain -- The Myth of Unity; 8. USA -- Racism in the Arsenal of Democracy; Part III: Germany, Austria and Italy -- Under the Axis; 9. Germany -- Conservatives and Antifa.

10. Austria -- Resistance and Ruling-Class Capitulation11. Italy -- The Working Class and theTwo Wars; Part IV: India, Indonesia and Vietnam -Different Enemies; 12. India -- From Famine to Independence; 13. Indonesia -- Axis and Allies United Against the People; 14. Vietnam -- Anti-Imperialist Breakthrough; Conclusion; Chronology; Notes; Index.

A history of the Second World War as fought 'from below' by anti-fascist militias, who worked both with and against the allied powers.

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