The Model Occupation :The Channel Islands Under German Rule, 1940-1945
The Model Occupation :The Channel Islands Under German Rule, 1940-1945
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6 July, 2017
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‘A masterly work of profound research and reflection, objective and humane’ Hugh Trevor-Roper, Sunday Telegraph
What would have happened if the Nazis had invaded Britain? How would the British people have responded – with resistance or collaboration? In Madeleine Bunting’s pioneering study, we begin to find the answers to this age-old question.
Though rarely remembered today, the Nazis occupied the British Channel Islands for much of the Second World War. In piecing together the fragments left behind – from the love affairs between island women and German soldiers, the betrayals and black marketeering, to the individual acts of resistance – Madeleine Bunting has brought this uncomfortable episode of British history into full view with spellbinding clarity.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781784707163 |
| ISBN10 | 1784707163 |
| Number Of Pages | 400 |
| Item Weight | 393 g |
| Product Dimensions | 137 x 215 x 30 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Vintage Publishing |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
Madeleine Bunting is a superb chronicler of what happened - if you want a classic example of the dilemmas of Resistance, here it is. -- Professor Norman Stone * The Times *
A masterly work of profound research and reflection, objective and humane -- Hugh Trevor-Roper * Sunday Telegraph *
I am full of admiration for this book. By careful research and sensitive use of light and shade, Ms Bunting holds the reader's attention through an uncomfortable passage in our history - and one which we have been most reluctant to inform ourselves -- Alan Clark * Guardian *
Excellently researched... This book...is an important historical document, if an uncomfortable one, in the understanding of our national character -- John Mortimer * Sunday Times *
[An] excellent book...thoroughly unflinching, fair-minded, humane and sensitive -- Jonathan Keates * Evening Standard *
Scolarly and immensely readable -- Jack Higgins * Mail on Sunday *
A scrupulously fair account of life under occupation * New Statesman and Society *
Author's Bio
Madeleine Bunting was born in North Yorkshire. After studying history at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, she won a Knox postgraduate fellowship to study and teach history at Harvard University. She worked for an independent television production company joining the Guardian as a reporter in 1989. She became the newspaper's religious affairs correspondent in 1995.