The deserters
Subtitle: a hidden history of World War II
By: Charles Glass
Publisher: The Penguin Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9781594204289
Subjects: Military Desertion; World War, 1939-1945; Military deserters; Combat; Psychological aspects; Desertions; History
Description: "A ... history of ordinary soldiers struggling on the front lines, [this book] offers a ... new perspective on the Second World War ... [delving] deep into army archives, personal diaries, court-martial records, and self-published memoirs to produce this ... portrait of men overlooked by their commanders and ignored by history"--Dust jacket flap.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-371) and index.