{"product_id":"an-honourable-defeat-a-history-of-german-resistance-to-hitler-1933-1945-paperback","title":"An Honourable Defeat: A History of German Resistance to Hitler, 1933-1945 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnton Gill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe numbers were small, and their cause hopeless.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScattered across the landscape that was Nazi Germany, the Resistance looked puny: too little, too late. And yet it was made of many heroic men and women who were not afraid to risk their lives to stand up to a regime they knew was wrong. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor those who have never known life under such a regime, it is hard to grasp the daily terror that makes an act of political graffiti a capital offense, that labels resistance \"treason.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, drawing on archival materials and on interviews with those few resisters who survived, Anton Gill brings their story to light. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere are union leaders and businessmen, priests and communists, students and factory workers; above all, here are the only people who had any real chance at more than symbolic resistance: those in the Army, the Foreign Office, the Abwehr. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor these, obeying the dictates of conscience meant betraying the demands of government, and every day brought the risk of denunciation and death. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A sober and useful analysis of the resistance to Hitler  that] reminds us of the astonishing moral courage human beings can display...The vast majority of Germans simply did not have the bravery to stand up to Hitler - but then who among us, confronted with the brutality of that regime, would have mustered the courage?' - Robert Harris, author of Fatherland, in The Sunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Mr. Gill fluidly conveys the attitudes and personalities of key figures in the resistance and the links among them.' - The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gill's illuminating study cogently argues that Hitler was not an irresistible force and that he succeeded only because he was allowed to.' - Publishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnton Gill has been a freelance writer since 1984, specialising in European contemporary history but latterly branching out into historical fiction. He is the winner of the H H Wingate Award for non-fiction for his study of survivors of the Nazi concentration camps, 'The Journey Back From Hell'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 13, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42108090318983,"sku":"9781796748703","price":17.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/d44e19cb91c7bf751fe3e49e4aeab3f2.webp?v=1732462469","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/an-honourable-defeat-a-history-of-german-resistance-to-hitler-1933-1945-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}