Season of Infamy - A Diary of War and Occupation, 1939-1945

Informationen zum Autor Charles Rist (1874-1955) was a French political economist. His Histoire des doctrines économiques (1909) established his reputation and throughout the interwar years, Rist served as one of France's top experts on financial matters. After the fall of France, Rist withdrew from the public arena to devote time to his family and his diary. Michele McKay Aynesworth is a translator and editor for Source, a quarterly publication of the American Translators Association's Literary Division. Klappentext In 1939, the 65-year old French political economist Charles Rist was serving as advisor to the French government and consultant to the international banking and business world. As France anxiously awaited a German invasion, Rist traveled to America to negotiate embargo policy. Days after his return to Paris, the German offensive began and with it the infamous season of occupation. Retreating to his villa in Versailles, Rist turned his energies to the welfare of those closest to him, while in his diary he began to observe the unfolding of the war. Here the deeply learned Rist investigates the causes of the disaster and reflects on his country's fate, placing the behavior of the "people" and the "elite" in historical perspective. Though well-connected, Rist and his family and friends were not exempt from the perils and tragedies of war, as the diary makes clear. Season of Infamy presents a distinctive, closely-observed view of life in France under the occupation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Robert O. Paxton A Note from the Translator Acknowledgments Introduction to the 1983 French Edition by Jean-Noël Jeanneney Regarding the History and Annotation of the Text (Jeanneney) A Brief Who's Who of the Rist Family I. War Begins 2 September 1939 - 23 January 1940 II. Blockade Mission, Visit to Roosevelt 24 January - 24 April 1940 III. Hitler's Army Enters Paris 16 May - 12 July 1940 IV. Vichy and the "French State": Beginnings 12 July - 29 September 1940 V. Promulgation of Anti-Jewish Laws 4 October - 15 December 1940 VI. "National Renewal": Harem Hijinks 17 December 1940 - 14 March 1941 VII. The Spreading Conflagration 16 March - 17 August 1941 VIII. Pétain's Ambassador to Washington? 30 August - 26 October 1941 IX. End of My Mission 11 November - 15 November 1941 X. The Wind Shifts 16 November - 14 December 1941 XI. "A War Against the Jews" 15 December 1941 - 27 February 1942 XII. War Hits Close to Home 4 March - 15 July 1942 XIII. Certificates of Not Belonging to the Jewish Race 24 July - 23 October 1942 XIV. "Coup de Théâtre": A Turning Point in the War 24 October - 13 December 1942 XV. Internal Gangrene 16 December 1942 - 6 February 1943 XVI. Growing Doubts and Hardships at Home 10 February - 6 July 1943 XVII. Good News from Italy, Perils on the Home Front 12 July - 5 September 1943 XVIII. Twilight of the Rogues 9 September - 20 November 1943 XIX. The Old Man's Wall 21 November - 31 December 1943 XX. Reign of Terror 2 January - 23 February 1944 XXI. All-Out Civil War 29 February - 25 April 1944 XXII. "Poor France!" 27 April - 6 August 1944 XXIII. State of Siege: The Allies Advance 11 August - 24 August 1944 XXIV. The Ransom for Deliverance 25 August 1944 - 27 December 1945 Appendix I: Timeline of Rist's Movements During the War Appendix II: The Anti-Jewish Laws of Vichy Appendix III: Poem by Antoinette Rist Constable Appendix IV: Postmortem 12 September 1944. Letter to American Colonel Behn Regarding the Situation in France 6 August 1946. The "Tyranny of the Military" 13 May 1948. Cruelty Everywhere Appendix V: Members of Rist's Extended Family Imprisoned or Killed Glossary Works Cited...

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Charles Rist (1874-1955) was a French political economist. His Histoire des doctrines économiques (1909) established his reputation and throughout the interwar years, Rist served as one of France's top experts on financial matters. After the fall of France, Rist withdrew from the public arena to devote time to his family and his diary.
Michele McKay Aynesworth is a translator and editor for Source, a quarterly publication of the American Translators Association's Literary Division.

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• Authors: Charles Rist
• Assisted by: Michele McKay Aynesworth (Translation)
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.05.2016
• EAN: 9780253019448
• ISBN: 978-0-253-01944-8
• No. of pages: 576
• Series: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History