[This book] provide[s] a revealing picture of how a not very heroic people - probably like most of us - managed to cope with the difficult circumstances of a basically irresistible enemy occupation.

Literary Review

The authors undertook a substantial quantity of research, and the book shines when it ... focus[es] on the context in which the occupation played out.

American Historical Review

Protest, Defiance, and Resistance in the Channel Islands will undoubtedly appeal to academics with an interest in occupation history, Holocaust studies, and resistance studies, and would be a good choice for anyone with a particular interest in the history of the Channel Islands or Island studies in general … [The book] does not simply fill in a gap in Channel Island or occupation historiography; it contributes to a more balanced and nuanced understanding of the multiple “British” experiences of the Second World War.

Journal of British Studies