In Search of the Maquis: Rural Resistance in Southern France, 1942-1944

by H.R. Kedward

Book Overview

This is a study of the Maquis in southern France, the Resisters who took to the woods and hills in the struggle against the German Occupation in the Second World War. H. R. Kedward's detailed and perceptive account explores what participation in the Maquis meant for those involved both at the time and subsequently. He examines the motivations of the maquisards and how the circumstances of occupation and resistance affected the ways of life of rural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198205783
• ISBN13: 9780198205784
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.4"