Fighters in the Shadows

Fighters in the Shadows
Author: Robert Gildea
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2015-11-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 067491502X


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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.


Fighters in the Shadows
Language: en
Pages:
Authors: Robert Gildea
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-11-30 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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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 t
Fighters in the Shadows
Language: en
Pages: 616
Authors: Robert Gildea
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-11-30 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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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 t
Fighters in the Shadows
Language: en
Pages: 555
Authors: Robert Gildea
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-09-01 - Publisher: Faber & Faber

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The story of the French Resistance is central to French identity, but it is a story built on myths. 'La Résistance française' was not simply a national effort
Fighting Shadows
Language: en
Pages: 258
Authors: Aly Martinez
Categories: Man-woman relationships
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-06-28 - Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

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I come from a family of fighters. I always thought I'd follow in their shadows, becoming unstoppable in the ring. That changed the day I saved the life of a wom
War in the Shadow of Auschwitz
Language: en
Pages: 330
Authors: John Wiernicki
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-12-01 - Publisher: Syracuse University Press

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1943: Polish underground fighter John Wiernicki is captured and beaten by the Gestapo, then shipped to Auschwitz. In this chilling memoir, Wiernicki, a Gentile,