The deserters : a hidden history of World War II /
A history of ordinary soldiers struggling on the front lines, this book offers a new perspective on the Second World War delving deep into army archives, personal diaries, court-martial records and self-published memoirs to produce this portrait of men overlooked by their commanders and ignored by h...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Penguin Press,
2013.
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| Summary: | A history of ordinary soldiers struggling on the front lines, this book offers a new perspective on the Second World War delving deep into army archives, personal diaries, court-martial records and self-published memoirs to produce this portrait of men overlooked by their commanders and ignored by history. |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 380 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781594204289 (hbk.) 1594204284 (hbk.) 9781101617816 (ebk.) 1101617810 (ebk.) |