Quisling: A Study in Treachery

by Hans Fredrik Dahl

Book Overview

The word Quisling has been used as a synonym for traitor or treachery. The original Vidkun Quisling (1887-1945) was a gifted Norwegian army officer who sided with the Nazis on the first day of Norway's entry into the Second World War. Dahl's biography is the first to use a complete range of source material from Nordic, German, Italian and Russian archives, and family archives now in the United States tracing Quisling's career through to the drama...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521041155
• ISBN13: 9780521041157
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"