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Author:

Glass, Charles, 1951-

Title:

The deserters : a hidden history of World War II / Charles Glass.

Publisher:

The Penguin Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xx, 380 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Desertions.
World War, 1939-1945--Psychological aspects.
Military deserters--History--20th century.
Desertion, Military--History--20th century.
Combat--Psychological aspects.

Notes:

Includes filmography (page 371), bibliographical references (pages 363-371) and index.

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"--Dust jacket flap.

ISBN:

1101617810 (ebk.)
9781101617816 (ebk.)
1594204284 (hbk.)
9781594204289 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)818953817

LCCN:

2012046881

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