Withstanding Hitler

ISBN-13: 9780415006170 / Angielski / Twarda / 1988 / 314 str.

Michael Leonard Graham Balfour; M. Balfour;Balfour Michael

Opis

This is the first book in English to give a comprehensive account of how soldiers, officials, Christians and workers together fought to frustrate the aims of Hitler.

Recenzje

`Balfour has achieved his purpose with exemplary clarity and economy; he never wastes a sentence.' - European History Quarterly

`Fills a gap in our essential understanding of the times.' - Eastern Daily Press

`Balfour's thoughtful book can serve serious and well-informed students as one of the few available surveys broadly based on published primary sources and secondary works.' - Peter Hoffman, American Historical Review

`Balfour has written a stimulating and brilliant book. It is certainly a major contribution to students of this sombre period.' - Jerusalem Post

Spis treści

Part 1 Analysis; Chapter 1 Why was Hitler allowed to gain power?; Chapter 2 How the various sections of society reacted to Hitler’s rise; Chapter 3 The development of the Widerstand; Chapter 4 Modes of Widerstand; Chapter 5 The difficulties of the Widerstand; Chapter 6 The aims of the Widerstand; Chapter 7 The West and the WiderstandPart 2 A Portrait GalleryPart 3 Six Questions;

O autorze

Michael Balfour