Quisling - A Study in Treachery (Hardcover)

Vidkun Quisling is world infamous, his name synonymous with treachery. This lucid account of the man's life, the first to be founded on his family archive, shows that he believed he did all for the best. It covers his bright childhood as a Norwegian pastor's son and his early career as a regular army officer. He left the army, took up philosophy and was drawn insensibly into the Nazis' web. When Germany invaded Norway in April 1940, Quisling took power momentarily when the govenment seemed to have run away, later becoming prime minister of the occupied country for several years. He surrendered power quietly in May 1945 and was shot after a show trial, still believing he had done all that he should. (Kirkus UK)

The word "Quisling" has been used as a synonym for "traitor" or "treachery." The original Vidkun Quisling (1887-1945) was a gifted Norwegian army officer who sided with the Nazis on the first day of Norway's entry into the Second World War. Dahl's biography is the first to use a complete range of source material from Nordic, German, Italian and Russian archives, and family archives now in the United States tracing Quisling's career through to the drama of his trial and execution for high treason in 1945.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 1999
First published:	1999
Authors:	Hans Fredrik Dahl
Translators:	Anne-Marie Stanton-Ife
Dimensions:	242 x 164 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	472
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-49697-1
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	Norwegian
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
LSN:	0-521-49697-7
Barcode:	9780521496971

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