War in a twilight world : partisan and anti-partisan warfare in Eastern Europe, 1939-45 / edited by and Ben Shepherd and Juliette Pattinson.

Based on papers from an international conference entitled Partisan and anti-partisan warfare in German-occupied Europe, 1939-1945, held at Glasgow Caledonian University in June 2007 in association with University of Strathclyde and German Historical Institute, London.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257) and index.

pt. 1: The Soviet Union -- Foreword / Evan Mawdsley -- Partisans, civilians, and the Soviet state : an overview / Ken Slepyan -- "One senses danger from all sides, especially from fanatical civilians" : the 121st Infantry Division and partisan war, June 1941-April 1942 / Jeff Rutherford -- The relationship between Soviet partisans and the civilian population in Byelorussia under German occupation, 1941-1944 / Alex Brakel -- The German gendarmerie and partisans in Belorussia, 1941-44 / -- pt. 2. Poland -- Foreword / Paul Latawski -- The Armia Krajowa and the development of Polish partisan warfare, 1939-1943 / Paul Latawski -- "A game of cat-and-mouse" : the Gestapo spy network in Tomaschow Mazowiecki, Poland 1939-45 / Claire M. Hall -- part 3. Yugoslavia -- Foreword / Klaus Schmider -- Bloodier than Böhme : the 342nd Infantry Division in Serbia, 1941 / Ben Shepherd -- Integrated warfare? : the Germans and the Ustaša massacres : Syrmia, 1942 / Alex Korb -- An uncivil war of ideas : German, partisan, and home guard propaganda in the province of Ljubljana, 1943-45 / Gregor Kranjc.

Across German-occupied Europe during World War Two, it was the population of eastern Europe which suffered most. A far-reaching effect was the emergence of widespread, ferocious partisan warfare, the legacy of which still resonates in the countries affected. This book assembles cutting-edge case studies by established and emerging academics to examine both partisan and anti-partisan warfare in different regions and localities of German-occupied eastern Europe. It shows how such warfare was shaped by an array of factors including fighting power, political and economic structures, the ideological and psychological attitudes of the combatants, the stance of the occupied population towards occupier and partisans, varied and often extreme environmental conditions, and the hostile, often bloody relations between the different ethnic groups under occupation. The result is a new degree of illumination of the realities of partisan and anti-partisan warfare on the ground during this dark chapter in European history.