Gerd-Rainer Horn is Professor of History at Sciences Po, Paris, France, since 2013. He has previously taught at Western Oregon University, the University of Huddersfield, and the University of Warwick. His area of research expertise is the twentieth century history of transnational social movements in continental Western Europe.

What is new and has not been dealt with in this breadth ever before is the investigation of grassroots networks which anti-fascist partisans and resistance fighters tried to establish in the transition from underground activism to the struggle for political power. Regardless of their ultimate failure, these experiences convey important historical lessons. These lessons are all the more important as Gerd-Rainer Horn treats his topic from a comparative perspective. He examines important developments in Germany, Italy and France with a sideways glance at Belgium.

• Introduction Prologue 1: Rebellion in the South: Liberation in France 2: The Wind from the North: Liberation in Italy 3: Who is the Government? We are the Government!': Liberation at the Point of Production 4: Honni Soit Qui Mal Y Pense: The Politics of the Press in Post-Liberation Europe 5: Last Stands: Echoes of the Maquis Conclusion Bibliographic Essay

Gerd-Rainer Horn is Professor of History at Sciences Po, Paris, France, since 2013. He has previously taught at Western Oregon University, the University of Huddersfield, and the University of Warwick. His area of research expertise is the twentieth century history of transnational social movements in continental Western Europe.

What is new and has not been dealt with in this breadth ever before is the investigation of grassroots networks which anti-fascist partisans and resistance fighters tried to establish in the transition from underground activism to the struggle for political power. Regardless of their ultimate failure, these experiences convey important historical lessons. These lessons are all the more important as Gerd-Rainer Horn treats his topic from a comparative perspective. He examines important developments in Germany, Italy and France with a sideways glance at Belgium.

• Introduction Prologue 1: Rebellion in the South: Liberation in France 2: The Wind from the North: Liberation in Italy 3: Who is the Government? We are the Government!': Liberation at the Point of Production 4: Honni Soit Qui Mal Y Pense: The Politics of the Press in Post-Liberation Europe 5: Last Stands: Echoes of the Maquis Conclusion Bibliographic Essay

Gerd-Rainer Horn is Professor of History at Sciences Po, Paris, France, since 2013. He has previously taught at Western Oregon University, the University of Huddersfield, and the University of Warwick. His area of research expertise is the twentieth century history of transnational social movements in continental Western Europe.

What is new and has not been dealt with in this breadth ever before is the investigation of grassroots networks which anti-fascist partisans and resistance fighters tried to establish in the transition from underground activism to the struggle for political power. Regardless of their ultimate failure, these experiences convey important historical lessons. These lessons are all the more important as Gerd-Rainer Horn treats his topic from a comparative perspective. He examines important developments in Germany, Italy and France with a sideways glance at Belgium.

• Introduction Prologue 1: Rebellion in the South: Liberation in France 2: The Wind from the North: Liberation in Italy 3: Who is the Government? We are the Government!': Liberation at the Point of Production 4: Honni Soit Qui Mal Y Pense: The Politics of the Press in Post-Liberation Europe 5: Last Stands: Echoes of the Maquis Conclusion Bibliographic Essay