France and the Second World War: Occupation, Collaboration and Resistance

Portada
Psychology Press, 2001 - 145 páginas
France and the Second World War is a concise introduction to a crucial and controversial period of French history - world war and occupation. During World War Two, France had the dramatic experience of occupation by the Germans and the legacy of this traumatic time has lived on until today, to the enduring fascination of historians and students.
France and the Second World War provides a fresh and balanced insight into the events of this era of conflict, exploring the key themes of:
* Occupation as a social, economic and political phenomenon
* the Vichy regime and the politics of collaboration
* the 'resistance', resistors and its ideology
* the liberation
* the legacy of the wartime period.
 

Contenido

Background and context
1
Occupation French and Germans
8
Vichy and collaboration From the National Revolution to Hitlers revolution
27
Resistance Internal and external
49
Liberation Freedom hope and relief
70
Legacy An era still alive
86
Issues and themes
107
Notes
111
Bibliography
131
Index
138
Derechos de autor

Otras ediciones - Ver todas

Términos y frases comunes

Pasajes populares

Página 134 - HR Kedward, In Search of the Maquis: Rural Resistance in Southern France, 1942-1944 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993) p.37.

Referencias a este libro

Acerca del autor (2001)

Peter Davies is Lecturer in History at the University of Huddersfield. His books include The National Front in France (Routledge, 1999).

Información bibliográfica