The Experience of Occupation in the Nord, 1914-18: Living with the Enemy in First World War France

by James Connolly

Much of the French department of the Nord was occupied during the First World War. This book considers the ways in which occupied locals responded to and understood their situation, focusing on key behaviours adopted by locals and the beliefs surrounding such conduct. Key topics examined include forms of complicity, disunity, criminality, resistance, and the memory of the occupation. This local case study calls into question overly-patriotic readings...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526117800
• ISBN13: 9781526117809
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"