| Table of Contents |
| | Acknowledgments | |
| | Foreword / Stanley Hoffmann | |
| | Introduction: A New Look at the "Resistance" | 1 |
| 1 | The Main Traits of the Nazi Occupation in Europe | 5 |
| | | Fundamental Objectives | 6 |
| | | Principal Forms of Domination | 8 |
| | | Political Expressions of Collaboration | 11 |
| | | Reasons for State Collaboration: A Comparison between Denmark and France | 14 |
| 2 | Which Resistance? | 23 |
| | | Which History of the Resistance? | 25 |
| | | The Field of Civilian Resistance | 27 |
| 3 | The Complexities of Noncooperation | 33 |
| | | The Complexity of Behaviors Toward the Occupying Forces | 34 |
| | | The Progressive Radicalization of Relations between the Occupying Forces and the Occupied Population | 39 |
| 4 | The Question of Legitimacy | 47 |
| | | Norway's Steadfastness | 50 |
| | | France's Alienation | 54 |
| | | The Netherlands' Contradictions | 57 |
| | | Two Political Rationales for Resistance | 60 |
| 5 | Elements of Social Cohesion | 63 |
| | | Internal Factors | 65 |
| | | External Factors | 77 |
| | | Laws of Reactivity | 84 |
| 6 | The Role of Opinion | 89 |
| | | From Opinion to Resistance | 91 |
| | | The Public Expression of Resisting Opinion | 95 |
| | | The Political Walls of Civil Society | 105 |
| | | The Theory of the Three Circles | 106 |
| 7 | Civilian Resistance Against Repression | 111 |
| | | Provoked Repression | 112 |
| | | Restrained Repression | 117 |
| | | Other Factors of Vulnerability | 122 |
| 8 | Civilian Resistance to the Genocide | 129 |
| | | The Strategy of Victimization | 131 |
| | | The Screen of State | 137 |
| | | The Screen of Opinion | 141 |
| | | The Screen of Social Networks | 148 |
| | | The Terminal Stage of Cancer | 154 |
| | | Can Genocide Be Prevented? | 156 |
| 9 | Which Role for Which Results? | 161 |
| | | Surviving in an Independent Society | 162 |
| | | Direct, Indirect, and Dissuasive Effectiveness | 168 |
| | Conclusion: The New Field of Civilian-Based Defense Strategies | 177 |
| | Appendix: Elements of Methodology | 185 |
| | List of Examples Studied | 189 |
| | Index | 191 |
