Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Gehler, Michael
2. Schriffl, David, 1976-

Description

1. xi, 454 pages : some maps (black and white); 25 cm

Summary

1. The end of the Second World war did not mean the end of violence for many regions in Eastern Europe. The establishment of Communist-led governments often met not only civil but also armed resistance. These actions were taken by partisan groups and paramilitary forces which in some cases had been formed already during the war to support axis forces. In other cases - like Poland's Armia Krajowa - they fought Nazi and Soviet occupiers with the same fervour. The aims of the fighters were the end of Communist rule and - like in the Baltic region - independence from the Soviet Union. Difficulties in accessing sources and research taboos as well as a focus on other aspects of the Cold War are reasons why violent resistance in Europe after the Second World War is a topic yet rather underestimated and comparably little investigated by historiography. This book gives a comprehensive first overview of the ultimately futile attempts to end the rule of Moscow and her proxies. -- (from back cover)

Subject

1. 1900-1999
2. Insurgency > Europe, Eastern > History > 20th century
3. Insurgency > Baltic States > History > 20th century
4. Insurgency > Europe, Central > History > 20th century
5. Insurgency > Balkan Peninsula > History > 20th century
6. Cold War
7. World War, 1939-1945 > Europe, Eastern
8. Diplomatic relations
9. Insurgency
10. Balkan Peninsula > History > 1945-1989
11. Europe, Eastern > History > 1945-1989
12. Baltic States > History > 1940-1991
13. Europe, Eastern > Foreign relations > Soviet Union
14. Soviet Union > Foreign relations > Europe, Eastern
15. Balkan Peninsula
16. Baltic States
17. Central Europe
18. Eastern Europe
19. Soviet Union

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. Understanding resistance movements as asymmetric warfare : lessons for today / Keith D. Dickson -- The armed anti-Soviet resistance in Estonia after 1944 / Olaf Mertelsmann -- A history of the Lithuanian partisan underground state (1944-1953) / Vykintas Vaitkevic̆ius -- Seeking a path to independence : Belarusian anti-Soviet activity from 1944-1953 / Aleksandra Pomiecko -- Armed anti-communist resistance in Poland, 1944-1956 / Rafał Wnuk -- Between ideology and war reality : forming the relations and principles of co-existence between the UPA and Red Army from spring to autumn 1944 / Olesia Isaiuk -- The Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists as the leader of a unique fascist armed resistance / Alexander Statiev -- The Volhynian Czechs against communism : an example of anti-communist resistance in Czechoslovakia / Adam Zítek -- Armed anti-communist resistance in Slovakia in the postwar years, 1948-1953 : the cases of Augustín Lednický and Ján Res̆etko / Beata Katrebova Blehova -- The anti-communist resistance in Czechoslovakia in a pedagogical perspective / Karina Hor̆ení/Vojtĕch Ripka -- From non-violent resistance to uprising by force : the case of Hungary 1945-1956 / Michael Gehler/Ibolya Murber -- The armed anti-communist resistance in north-western Romania : causes, evolution, consequences, and the role of families and local communities / Cosmin Budeancă -- Spectres of fascism : anti-communist resistance and the legacy of the Legion of the Archangel Michael in 1940s Romania / Roland Clark -- Women in the armed anti-communist Romanian resistance, between loyalty, support and betrayal : case studies : the Banat and Nuçsoara areas / Ioana Ursu -- Communist action, the perception by the Serbian urban elite and anti-communist resistance in Serbia / Dejan N. Zec -- Tito's chetnik hunters : the dynamics of asymmetric warfare in Yugoslavia / Stevan Bozanich -- The goryani movement against the communist regime in Bulgaria (1944-1956) : prerequisites, resistance, consequences / Valentin Voskresenski -- Armed Albanian resistance to the Hoxha regime in Albania 1948-1953 / Marenglen Kasmi.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.