DAILY LIVES OF CIVILIANS IN WARTIME TWENTIETH CENTURY EUROPE by Nicholas Atkin ( 9780313336577 )

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DAILY LIVES OF CIVILIANS IN WARTIME TWENTIETH CENTURY EUROPE

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Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0313336571

ISBN 13:

9780313336577

Publisher:

ABC-CLIO

Pub. date:

30 August, 2008

Series:

The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series: Daily Lives of

Pages:

280

Description:

Reveals both the universal civilian experience in wartime and aspects of it made unique by time and place. This work also reveals the perspectives of how war affects people of various cultures.

Synopsis:

Expert contributors write on the experiences of civilians who lived through occupation and bloodshed in the First World War; the Russians who lived or died during the the devastating civil war in 1917-1922, leading eventually to the terrors of Stalinism; the Spaniards of many factions who fought against each other in bloody civil wars; the ordinary people of France, Germany, Britain, Italy and other countries who faced the hardship and horrors of the Second World War; and the ethnic- and religious-based fighting and atrocities, often targeted at civilians, in the former Yugoslavia from 1991 into the twenty-first century. Carefully selected sources for further research help users find additional information on civilian life during these events. Expert contributors write on the experiences of civilians in the many wars of twentieth-century Europe.Among the events discussed are the Europeans who lived through occupation and bloodshed in the First World War; the Russians who lived and died in the devastating civil war in 1917-1922, leading eventually to the terrors of Stalinism; the Spaniards of many factions who fought against each other in bloody civil wars; the ordinary people of France, Germany, Britain, Italy and other countries who faced the hardship and horrors of the Second World War; and the ethnic- and religious-based fighting and atrocities, often targeted at civilians, in the former Yugoslavia from 1991 into the twenty-first century. Carefully selected sources for further research help users find additonal information on civilian life during these events. Chapters including vivid accounts of civilians' roles and experiences through wars in twentieth-century Europe are supplemented by recommended print and online resources for further study, a glossary defining important terms and concepts, and a timeline putting events into a chronological context.

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14 illustrations

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Imprint:

Greenwood Press

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Non-returnable

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