Paris at War - 1939-1944

Informationen zum Autor David Drake has taught at universities in London and Paris and has published widely on French intellectual and cultural history. Klappentext David Drake chronicles the lives of ordinary Parisians during WWII, drawing on diaries and reminiscences of people who endured these years. From his account emerge the broad rhythms and shifting moods of the city and the contingent lives of resisters, collaborators, occupiers, and victims who, unlike us, could not know how the story would end. Zusammenfassung David Drake chronicles the lives of ordinary Parisians during WWII! drawing on diaries and reminiscences of people who endured these years. From his account emerge the broad rhythms and shifting moods of the city and the contingent lives of resisters! collaborators! occupiers! and victims who! unlike us! could not know how the story would end.

Product details

• Authors: David Drake, David Drake
• Publisher: Belknap press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2015
• EAN: 9780674504813
• ISBN: 978-0-674-50481-3
• Dimensions: 168 mm x 245 mm x 41 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book; France, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / France, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater