Peter Schrijvers

Liberators

The Allies and Belgian Society, 1944-1945

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A revisionist account of the social, economic, and cultural impact of the Anglo-American liberators on Belgian society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 674g
• ISBN-13: 9780521514828
• ISBN-10: 0521514827
• Artikelnr.: 27034911

Autorenporträt

Peter Schrijvers is Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. He is the author of The Crash of Ruin: American Combat Soldiers in Europe during World War II (1998), The GI War against Japan: American Soldiers in Asia and the Pacific during World War II (2002) and The Unknown Dead: Civilians in the Battle of the Bulge (2005).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. The Big Void: 1. The sun sets
2. Shadow fighters
Part II. Liberation!: 3. Embracing the new
4. Exorcising the old
Part III. Liberators: 5. Waves of admiration
6. Currents of discontent
Epilogue: A tide of change
Cries for normalcy
Whispers of change.