Review: Resistance in Western Europe; Radio London and Resistance in Occupied London. British Political Warfare, 1939-1943

Citation

Wylie N (2003) Review: Resistance in Western Europe; Radio London and Resistance in Occupied London. British Political Warfare, 1939-1943. Review of: 'Resistance in Western Europe'. Edited by Bob Moore. Berg Publishers. 2000. and 'Radio London and Resistance in Occupied London. British Political Warfare, 1939– 1943'. By Michael Stenton. Oxford University Press. 2000.. History, 88 (289), pp. 176-178. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-229X.00253_4

Abstract
First paragraph: Piecing together an accurate picture of European ‘resistance’ to German or Italian occupation during the Second World War is fraught with difficulties. What kinds of activities should be included under the term ‘resistance’? How are we to reconstruct activities that were by their very nature, secret? How should we gauge the importance of the various resistance movements? The two books under review each address these problems from a different perspective, and each, in its way, sheds valuable light on this important aspect of the Second World War.

Notes
Output Type: Book Review

Journal
History: Volume 88, Issue 289

People

Professor Neville Wylie

Deputy Principal