The Peoples' War?: The Second World War in Sociopolitical Perspective Wilson Alexander
The Peoples' War?: The Second World War in Sociopolitical Perspective Wilson Alexander Some 60 million people died during the Second World War; millions more were displaced in Europe, Africa, and…
Specifikacia The Peoples' War?: The Second World War in Sociopolitical Perspective Wilson Alexander
The Peoples' War?: The Second World War in Sociopolitical Perspective Wilson Alexander
Some 60 million people died during the Second World War; millions more were displaced in Europe, Africa, and Asia. Despite its unprecedented impact, a comprehensive account of the complex international experiences of this war remains elusive. The war resulted in the creation of new states, the acceleration of imperial decline, and a shift in the distribution of global power.
offers fresh approaches to the challenge of writing a new history of the Second World War. The Peoples' War? Exploring aspects of the war that have been marginalized in military and political studies, the volume foregrounds less familiar narratives, subjects, and places.
Chapters recover the wartime experiences of individuals - including women, children, members of minority ethnic groups, and colonial subjects - whose stories do not fit easily into conventional national war narratives. The contributors show how