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Marshal Petain

Englisch · Taschenbuch

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Marshal Philippe Petain was, in the words of historian Andrew Roberts, 'the most controversial Frenchman of the twentieth century.' A truly distinguished soldier who rose from humble origins, he commanded French forces at Verdun in 1916 and became a national hero. But though by 1940 he had become French Deputy Prime Minister his political abilities were meagre. And after France fell to the Nazis it was Petain who signed the armistice and, from the spa town of Vichy, ruled over the Etat Francais Hitler had left him. Richard Griffiths tells this sorry story in outstanding detail, all the way to Petain's ignominious end, and not stinting to show his culpability in the Vichy persecution of French Jews and its suppression of the internal Resistance. 'Petain, utterly obscure until the age of 58, was hurled to fame by his defence of Verdun in 1916. This saved his country's bacon (he would say her honour) at a crisis point of the Great War. Thereafter he became an almost monarchical figure, more revered than any living Frenchman, even after the disaster of 1940. But then, as head of the puppet Vichy government, he slid into ignominy after failing to square honour with military humiliation. Griffiths's durable biography... paints not a devil but a courageous, misguided man with a hole where others keep their political acumen.' Robin Blake, Independent

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Zusammenfassung

Marshal Philippe Petain was, in the words of historian Andrew Roberts, 'the most controversial Frenchman of the twentieth century.' This title tells the story in detail, all the way to Petain's ignominious end, and not stinting to show his culpability in the Vichy persecution of French Jews and its suppression of the internal Resistance.

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Autoren Richard Griffiths, Griffiths Richard
Mitarbeit Richar Griffiths (Herausgeber), Richard Griffiths (Herausgeber)
Verlag Faber & Faber
 
Sprache Englisch
Produktform Taschenbuch
Erschienen 19.05.2011
 
EAN 9780571278145
ISBN 978-0-571-27814-5
Seiten 416
Abmessung 153 mm x 234 mm x 29 mm
Themen Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Hauptwerk vor 1945
Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte
Sachbuch > Politik, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft > Biographien, Autobiographien

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