Quisling - A Study in Treachery

Klappentext A biography of the notorious wartime Norwegian leader! Vidkun Quisling! whose name is still used as a synonym for 'traitor'. Zusammenfassung 'Quisling' is used all over the world as a synonym for 'traitor' or 'treachery'. The Norwegian original Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945) earned his notoriety from siding with the Nazis. Dahl's 1999 biography traces Quisling's career through to the final drama of his trial and execution for high treason in 1945. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Prologue: innocent?; 1. Back in Norway; 2. The Russian dream; 3. A reluctant leader; 4. Mussolini or Hitler?; 5. A time of crisis; 6. Leader on probation; 7. Revolution from above; 8. Betrayed by Hitler; 9. On the edge of the volcano; 10. An enemy of the people; Epilogue: dangerous?; Archive sources; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Hans Fredrik Dahl, Dahl Hans Fredrik
• Assisted by: Anne-Marie Stanton-Ife (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.10.2007
• EAN: 9780521041157
• ISBN: 978-0-521-04115-7
• No. of pages: 472
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Military / General, Norway, Netherlands, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, Biography: historical, political and military, HISTORY / Europe / Nordic Countries, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater