Paramilitarism and European Society in the 1940s

Gareth Pritchard is Senior Lecturer at the University of Adelaide, Australia.Vesna Drapac is Associate Professor at the University of Adelaide, Australia.

• 1. Introduction.- Part I. Principles and People.- 2. How Can We Conceptualise Paramilitary Violence in 1940s Europe.- 3. Who Were the Paramilitaries?.- Part II. Regimes of Violence.- 4. What Caused the Expansion and Escalation of Paramilitarisation?.- 5. How Did Regimes of Violence Shape the Character and Activities of Paramilitaries?.- 6. How Did Paramilitarism Transform Social Relations?.- 7. How and Why Did Paramilitarism End?.- 8. Conclusion: What Have We Learned and Why Does It Matter?