{"product_id":"resistance-9780141979014","title":"Resistance","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2023*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eNEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The best book about the subject I have ever read'' Max Hastings, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sweeping history of occupation and resistance in war-torn Europe, from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Eagle Unbowed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcross the whole of Nazi-ruled Europe the experience of occupation was sharply varied. Some countries - such as Denmark - were within tight limits allowed to run themselves. Others - such as France - were constrained not only by military occupation but by open collaboration. In a historical moment when Nazi victory seemed permanent and irreversible, the question ''why resist?'' was therefore augmented by ''who was the enemy?''.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eResistance\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinarily powerful, humane and haunting account of how and why all across Nazi-occupied Europe some people decided to resist the Third Reich. This could range from open partisan warfare in the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe best book about the resistance I have ever read.\u003c\/b\u003e It addresses the story with scholarly objectivity and an absolute lack of sentimentality ... it is marvellous to read a study of such breadth and depth, which reaches balanced judgments. -- Max Hastings * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eGround-breaking ... \u003cb\u003ea superb, myth-busting survey\u003c\/b\u003e of the many ways in which the subjugated peoples of Europe tried to fight back. -- Saul David * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003efull and nuanced\u003c\/b\u003e account of all the different forms of resistance... a timely book. * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEminently readable ... subtle, multilayered and kaleidoscopic\u003c\/b\u003e ... Kochanski's gripping account of the activities of the resistance includes, as might be expected, tales of derring-do and extraordinary courage as well as tragedy, betrayal and Nazi barbarism. -- Andrew Stuttaford * Wall Street Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis ambitious history offers the first unified picture of resistance against Nazi Germany\u003c\/b\u003e in the many countries it invaded ... Dispensing with heroics and highlighting the imperfect, human nature of the underground, [Kochanski] nevertheless depicts \u003cb\u003ea vital defence of dignity, spirit, and the future\u003c\/b\u003e, mounted against all odds. * New Yorker *\u003cbr\u003eHalik Kochanski's \u003ci\u003eResistance\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ereads less like a work of history and more like a chronicle of a partisan war foretold\u003c\/b\u003e ... her scrupulous scholarship, and her refusal to romanticize the grim, grimy work of being a resister, does make Resistance something of a primer for the many Ukrainians now fighting to undermine Russian authority. -- Yuliya Tymoshenko * Project Syndicate *\u003cbr\u003eThis history of resistance in the Second World War is \u003cb\u003eas moving as it is comprehensive.\u003c\/b\u003e * The Critic *\u003cbr\u003eAn excellent comparative study of wartime resistance in all its forms. * BBC History *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49399850631511,"sku":"9780141979014","price":17.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141979014.jpg?v=1730468915","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/resistance-9780141979014","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}