Conflict and class war among the mountains in WWII

In the Light of Morning

**By** Tim Pears

**Heinemann,** €22.65

**Reviewed by** Dermot Bolger

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Because its myriad combatants are branded under two labels - the Allied and Axis sides - it is easy to sometimes view these forces as coherent coalitions who shared common goals. But war is more complex and few arenas of conflict during World War II were as convoluted as the fighting in Yugoslavia.

A fraught amalgamation of kingdoms ...