Vichy France : Old Guard and New Order 1940-1944

Informationen zum Autor Robert O. Paxton. With a new introduction by the author Klappentext Robert O. Paxton's classic study of the aftermath of France's sudden collapse under Nazi invasion utilizes captured German archives and other contemporary materials to construct a strong and disturbing account of the Vichy period in France. With a new introduction and updated bibliography, Vichy France demonstrates that the collaborationist government of Marshal Pétain did far more than merely react to German pressures. The Vichy leaders actively pursued their own double agenda -- internally, the authoritarian and racist "national revolution," and, externally, an attempt to persuade Hitler to accept this new France as a partner in his new Europe. Zusammenfassung A disturbing account of the Vichy period! demonstrating how in the interests of stability! French national feeling favored collboration with the German-controlled regime.

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• Autori: Robert Paxton, Robert O Paxton, Robert O. Paxton, Paxton Robert, Kenneth N. Waltz
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.07.2001
• EAN: 9780231124690
• ISBN: 978-0-231-12469-0
• Pagine: 438
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 210 mm x 33 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > XX° secolo (fino al 1945); European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, 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 / General