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Auteur(s) : Prusin, Alexander Victor (1955-....)
Titre(s) : Serbia under the swastika [Texte imprimé] : a World War II occupation / Alexander Prusin
Publication : Urbana : University of Illinois Press, copyright 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (VIII-211 p.) ; 25 cm
Collection : The history of military occupation
Lien à la collection : The history of military occupation
Comprend : Introduction ; Background, 1918–1941 ; Invasion and Occupation ; Germans and Auxiliaries
; Collaborationism: Zealots, Conservatives, Conformists ; Resistance Movements ;
Repression ; "Serbia Is Quiet," 1942–1944 ; Serbs and Jews ; Living with the Enemy
; Conclusion.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Following the March 1941 coup d'etat and the new Yugoslav government's refusal to
ratify the Tripartite Pact, Germany led an axis invasion of Yugolslavia. Hitler blamed
Serbia and the Serbs as the main culprits in the coup. In reprisal, the German military
made Serbia into a rump condominium, exploiting it as a strategic base, and as a source
of raw materials and cheap labor. In the historiography of World War II in Yugoslavia,
the most studied aspect has been guerilla warfare. Western scholars have focused on
the regions of the most intense fighting in Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Croatia while
wartime Serbia is only mentioned in passing. In "Serbia Under the Swastika," Alexander
Prusin focuses on the German occupation of Serbia--the political heartland of pre-World
War II Yugoslavia--combining political history with social analysis to explore the
interaction between German occupation policies and the forces of resistance and collaboration.
Prusin argues that the German occupation policies reflected the rivalries between
those who promoted the expansionist and racial vision of the "New Order" and those
who advocated a more rational and flexible approach, which entailed a closer reliance
on the collaborationist administration and police. Meanwhile, while the situation
in Serbia appeared less volatile than in other parts of Yugoslavia, the German occupation
policies served as a catalyst for the ferocious internecine conflict between the three
native Serbian forces - the Partisans, the nationalist Chetniks, and the pro-German
collaborationist regime. However, even as they were locked in a ferocious struggle,
the forces of collaboration and resistance often overlapped"
Sujet(s) : Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) -- Serbie
Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) -- Mouvements de résistance -- Serbie
Serbie -- 1918-1945
Yougoslavie -- 1941-1945 (Occupation par l'Axe)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-0-252-04106-8. - ISBN 0252041062. - ISBN 9780252099618 (erroné) (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45325699v
Notice n° :
FRBNF45325699
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
