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Informationen zum Autor Harry Roderick "Rod" Kedward is a British historian, formerly professor of history at the University of Sussex and now professor emeritus. Klappentext This concise history of France from the occupation in 1940 to liberation in 1944 focuses on the struggle between those who favored collaboration with the occupying Germans and those who opted to resist. Roderick Kedward shows how ordinary people experienced the occupation; he examines the politics and ideology of the Vichy regime, and he discusses the many different forms of resistance launched from inside and outside France. He particularly emphasizes the changing nature of both collaboration and resistance as the pressure of the occupation intensified, and asks whether France was involved in a civil war by 1944. Zusammenfassung This concise history of France from the occupation in 1940 to liberation in 1944 focuses on the struggle between those who favoured collaboration with the occupying Germans and those who opted to resist. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Occupation. 2. Victory. 3. Collaboration. 4. Resistance. 5. Liberation. Guide to Further Reading. References. Index.
List of contents
1. Occupation.
2. Victory.
3. Collaboration.
4. Resistance.
5. Liberation.
Guide to Further Reading.
References.
Index.
Report
"A splendid book. It provides an admirably concise narrative of themajor events and personalities that shaped the experience ofcollaboration and resistance in France between 1940 and 1944 withmany new insights drawn from recent research." TeachingHistory
"A tour de force. To write a history of Vichy, collaboration,resistance and liberation in only 80 pages ... is a feat only asskilled and scholarly a historian such as Mr. Kedward could havecarried out." Association for the Study of Modern andContemporary France
