Acknowledgements Glossary Introduction Chapter 1 - The Soviet
partisan movement and German occupation policy in Western, Soviet
and post?Soviet writing Chapter 2 - The case study area - The Rear
Areas of Army Group North
Chapter 3 - Soviet and German preparations for occupation and
resistance Chapter 4 - The establishment and nature of German
military government Chapter 5 - The fledgling partisan movement
Chapter 6 - Who was winning the partisan war during 1941? - The
military effectiveness of the partisan movement Chapter 7 - Life
under German military government c. December 1941 - spring/summer
1943 Chapter 8 - German 'anti-partisan' warfare and the civilian
population Chapter 9 - The Soviet partisan movement comes of age
Chapter 10 - The suppression of the adolescent partisan movement -
Partisan losses, the fragmentation of units and forced withdrawal
to Soviet lines
Chapter 11 - Evacuation, scorched earth, and the emergence of a
'vsenarodnoe' partisan movement Conclusion - German brutality, the
changing fortunes of the partisan movement and the partisan
movement in the general context of the Soviet war effort
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After attending Queen Katherine School, Kendal, Cumbria, Alexander Hill gained a place to read History at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge. From the University of Cambridge he gained both his BA and doctorate, which forms the basis for this work. Whilst preparing his thesis he learnt Russian and spent nearly two years working in Russia. He is currently Temporary Lecturer in Contemporary Russian History at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London.
'The detailed documentation and analysis of his work adds much to the debate on the effectiveness of the partisan movement and civil life behind the lines, which has hitherto been argued without benefit of Russian archival material.' - Slavic Review'Hill's work provides new insights into the specific nature and structure of the Soviet partisan movement in northwest Russia.' - The Journal of Military History
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