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Daily Lives of Civilians in Wartime Twentieth-Century Europe
Nicholas Atkin
ISBN: 0-313-33657-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-33657-7
280 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 8/30/2008
List Price: $65.00 (UK Sterling Price: £44.95)
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Media Type: Hardcover
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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: 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.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
    Acknowledgements
    List of Abbreviations
    Timeline
    Chapter One The Daily Life of Civilians in Wartime: Europes Twentieth Century Experience Nicholas Atkin
    Chapter Two World War One, 1914-1918: Daily Life in Western Societies Franois Cochet
    Chapter Three The Daily Life of Civilians in the Russian Civil War Sam Johnson
    Chapter Four Daily Life in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 Michael Richards
    Chapter Five The Civilian Experience of World War Two: Displacement, Government, Adjustment, Comportment Nicholas Atkin
    Chapter Six The Forgotten Majority Civilians in the Post-Yugoslav Wars Maja Povrzanovi Frykman
    Chapter SevenThe Cold War [to come]
    Glossary
    Bibliography
    About the Editor and Contributors
About the Author: Nicholas Atkin is Professor of Modern European History at the University of Reading, England. His publications include Church and School in Vichy France, 1940-44 (1991), Petain (1997), The French at War, 1934-44 (2001), The Forgotten French: Exiles in the British Isles, 1940-44 (2003), The Fifth French Republic (2005) and, with Frank Tallett, Priests, Prelates and People: A History of European Catholicism since 1750 (2003).
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