A People's History of the Second World War: Resistance Versus Empire

by Donny Gluckstein

Book Overview

This history reclaims the Second World War as a global fight 'from below'. The vast majority of historical accounts have focused on the regular armies of the allied powers, however, the often-neglected people's militias were crucial not only to the defeat of fascism, but also colonialism, imperialism and even capitalism. Looking at militias in Yugoslavia, Greece, Poland and Latvia, as well as the Warsaw Uprising and anti-fascist movements in Germany,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745328024
• ISBN13: 9780745328027
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 8.3"