Partisans and terrorists have dominated military history during the second half of the 20th century. Confounding greater and lesser powers alike, these fighters have offered a destructive counterpoint to the more stark and apparent phenomenon of nuclear war. Leonid Grenkevich offers an account of the shadowy partisan struggle that accompanied the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War (1941-1945).

Partisans and terrorists have dominated military history during the second half of the 20th century. Confounding greater and lesser powers alike, these fighters have offered a destructive counterpoint to the more stark and apparent phenomenon of nuclear war. Leonid Grenkevich offers an account of the shadowy partisan struggle that accompanied the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War (1941-1945).