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Author Mazur, Mariusz

Title The Mentality of Partisans of the Polish Anti-Communist Underground 1944-1956
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (357 p.)
Series Routledge Histories of Central and Eastern Europe Ser
Routledge Histories of Central and Eastern Europe Ser
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Soldiers and partisans -- Who were they? -- Why did they join the new resistance? -- Patriotism -- Terror -- Other values -- Providential causes -- Women -- 2 Notions and illusions -- Anticipating war -- Inflated optimism -- Amnesty (I) -- 3 A world of values and beliefs -- Relative conservatism -- Ideologising -- Democracy and civic virtues -- Relations between different factions of the underground -- Religious beliefs -- Superstitiousness, magical thinking, dreams
Attitudes towards other nationalities and religions -- Mental attributes: authoritarianism -- 4 Dispositions and mental states: their roots -- Mental dispositions -- Respect -- Sense of power and superiority -- Courage -- Bravado -- Mental and emotional states -- Joy and sadness -- Hatred -- Fear and anxiety -- Stress -- Exhaustion -- Torpor -- Solitude -- Distrust and perceived betrayal -- Reasons -- Death -- Witnessing death -- Killing -- Suicides -- Fatigue -- Hunger -- 5 Attitudes and behaviours -- Discipline -- Responsibility of the commander -- Internal conflicts -- Frustration
Relations with locals -- Unthinking reactions -- Mercantilism -- 6 Stress-reducing factors -- Leave of absence -- Family -- Yearning for a normal life -- Amusement -- Alcohol -- Relations between the sexes -- Dreams -- Camaraderie and community -- Contact with nature -- 7 "Approaching the end ..." -- Helplessness -- A sense of defeat -- Frustration -- Amnesty (II) -- Fleeing abroad -- Unethical behaviours (depravity) -- Criminality -- Brutality, cruelty -- Struggling to survive and endure -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index of surnames -- Index
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Anti-communist movements -- Poland
Anti-communist movements
SUBJECT Poland -- History -- 1945-1980. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85104101
Subject Poland
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781000773323
1000773329