The Legacy of Nazi Occupation - Patriotic Memory and National Recovery in Western Europe, 1945-1965 (Paperback)

This volume, in Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare series, examines how France, Belgium and the Netherlands emerged from the military collapse and humiliating Nazi occupation they suffered during the Second World War. Rather than traditional armed conflict, the human consequences of Nazi policies were resistance, genocide and labour migration to Germany. Pieter Lagrou offers a genuinely comparative approach to these issues, based on extensive archival research; he underlines the divergence between ambiguous experiences of occupation and the univocal post-war patriotic narratives which followed. His book reveals striking differences in political cultures as well as close convergence in the creation of a common Western European discourse, and uncovers disturbing aspects of the aftermath of the war, including post-war antisemitism and the marginalisation of resistance veterans. Brilliantly researched and fluently written, this book will be of central interest to all scholars and students of twentieth-century European history.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
Release date:	September 2007
First published:	October 2007
Authors:	Pieter Lagrou
Dimensions:	227 x 150 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	344
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-04147-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history 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 > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
LSN:	0-521-04147-3
Barcode:	9780521041478

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