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A people's history of the Second World War : resistance versus empire / Gluckstein, Donny.

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ISBN	9780745328027 (pbk)
Name	Gluckstein, Donny
Title	A people's history of the Second World War : resistance versus empire / Gluckstein, Donny.
Published	London, UK : Pluto Press, c2012.
Description	x, 269 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Part I: Yugoslavia, Greece, Poland and Latvia - between the blocks. Part II: France, Britain and the USA - divisions within the allied camp. Part III: Germany, Austria and Italy under the axis. Part IV: India, Indonesia and Vietnam - different enemies.
Summary	Unearths the fascinating history of the war as fought 'from below'. Gluckstein shows that an important part of the fighting involved people's militias struggling against not just fascism, but also colonialism, imperialism and capitalism itself.
Target audience note	Tertiary/Undergraduate, General.
Subjects	World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects
Subjects	Social history
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Social history . World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects . See Also: Buddhism and social problems . History . Moral conditions . Quality of life . Social indicators . Social movements . Social problems . Sociology . Technology and civilization . Urbanization . Authors: Gluckstein, Donny .