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Author Sémelin, Jacques
Uniform Title Sans armes face à Hitler. English
Title Unarmed against Hitler : civilian resistance in Europe, 1939-1943 / Jacques Semelin ; translated by Suzan Husserl-Kapit ; foreword by Stanley Hoffmann
Imprint Westport, Conn. : Praeger, [1993]
©1993
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Table of Contents
 Acknowledgments 
 Foreword / Stanley Hoffmann 
 Introduction: A New Look at the "Resistance"1
1The Main Traits of the Nazi Occupation in Europe5
  Fundamental Objectives6
  Principal Forms of Domination8
  Political Expressions of Collaboration11
  Reasons for State Collaboration: A Comparison between Denmark and France14
2Which Resistance?23
  Which History of the Resistance?25
  The Field of Civilian Resistance27
3The Complexities of Noncooperation33
  The Complexity of Behaviors Toward the Occupying Forces34
  The Progressive Radicalization of Relations between the Occupying Forces and the Occupied Population39
4The Question of Legitimacy47
  Norway's Steadfastness50
  France's Alienation54
  The Netherlands' Contradictions57
  Two Political Rationales for Resistance60
5Elements of Social Cohesion63
  Internal Factors65
  External Factors77
  Laws of Reactivity84
6The Role of Opinion89
  From Opinion to Resistance91
  The Public Expression of Resisting Opinion95
  The Political Walls of Civil Society105
  The Theory of the Three Circles106
7Civilian Resistance Against Repression111
  Provoked Repression112
  Restrained Repression117
  Other Factors of Vulnerability122
8Civilian Resistance to the Genocide129
  The Strategy of Victimization131
  The Screen of State137
  The Screen of Opinion141
  The Screen of Social Networks148
  The Terminal Stage of Cancer154
  Can Genocide Be Prevented?156
9Which Role for Which Results?161
  Surviving in an Independent Society162
  Direct, Indirect, and Dissuasive Effectiveness168
 Conclusion: The New Field of Civilian-Based Defense Strategies177
 Appendix: Elements of Methodology185
 List of Examples Studied189
 Index191
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references and index
Note Translation of: Sans armes face à Hitler
Contents Foreword / Stanley Hoffmann -- Introduction: A New Look at the "Resistance" -- 1. The Main Traits of the Nazi Occupation in Europe. Fundamental Objectives. Principal Forms of Domination. Political Expressions of Collaboration. Reasons for State Collaboration: A Comparison between Denmark and France -- 2. Which Resistance? Which History of the Resistance? The Field of Civilian Resistance -- 3. The Complexities of Noncooperation. The Complexity of Behaviors Toward the Occupying Forces. The Progressive Radicalization of Relations between the Occupying Forces and the Occupied Population -- 4. The Question of Legitimacy. Norway's Steadfastness. France's Alienation. The Netherlands' Contradictions. Two Political Rationales for Resistance -- 5. Elements of Social Cohesion. Internal Factors. External Factors. Laws of Reactivity -- 6. The Role of Opinion. From Opinion to Resistance. The Public Expression of Resisting Opinion. The Political Walls of Civil Society. The Theory of the Three Circles -- 7. Civilian Resistance Against Repression. Provoked Repression. Restrained Repression. Other Factors of Vulnerability -- 8. Civilian Resistance to the Genocide. The Strategy of Victimization. The Screen of State. The Screen of Opinion. The Screen of Social Networks. The Terminal Stage of Cancer. Can Genocide Be Prevented? -- 9. Which Role for Which Results? Surviving in an Independent Society. Direct, Indirect, and Dissuasive Effectiveness. Conclusion: The New Field of Civilian-Based Defense Strategies -- Appendix: Elements of Methodology
Summary Resistance in German-occupied Europe is generally understood as insurrectional violence. However, as soon as the war broke out, thousands of people engaged in civil disobedience--manifested through strikes, demonstrations, and the activities of medical organizations, courts of law, and churches. Jacques Semelin gathers evidence for the story of a movement that took place in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, and Denmark as well as Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Germany itself. A widespread campaign contested authority and paved the way for later armed resistance and the eventual defeat of the Nazis. --From publisher's description
OCLC # 26547725
Phys. Description xii, 198 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN 027593960X (alk. paper)
9780275939601 (alk. paper)
0275939618 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780275939618 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects World War, 1939-1945 -- Protest movements -- Europe
Passive resistance -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
Nonviolence -- History -- 20th century
Europe -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Europe.
Genre History.