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Genre/Form: | Electronic books History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: French defeat of 1940 : reassessments. Providence [R.I.] : Berghahn Books, 1998 viii, 372 pages ; 23 cm. (DLC) 96053856 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Joel Blatt |
ISBN: | 9780857457172 0857457179 |
OCLC Number: | 878132453 |
Description: | 1 online resource (380 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | The French Defeat of 1940; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. STRATEGY AND SCAPEGOATISM; CHAPTER 2. MARC BLOCH AND THE DRÔLE DE GUERRE; CHAPTER 3. MARTYRS' VENGEANCE; CHAPTER 4. DOMESTIC POLITICS AND THE FALL OF FRANCE IN 1940; CHAPTER 5. EDOUARD DALADIER; CHAPTER 6. THE MISSED OPPORTUNITY; CHAPTER 7. PRELUDE TO DEFEAT; CHAPTER 8. FRANCE AND THE ILLUSION OF AMERICAN SUPPORT, 1919-1940; CHAPTER 9. IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER; CHAPTER 10. REFLECTIONS ON FRANCE, BRITAIN AND THE WINTER WAR PRODROME, 1939-1940; CHAPTER 11. "FIGHTING TO THE LAST FRENCHMAN"? Chapter 12. french defeat in 1940 and its reversal in 1944-1945chapter 13. the trauma of 1940; contributors. |
Responsibility: | edited by Joel Blatt. |
Abstract:
First published in 1998, the French debacle of 1940 is re-examined, using fresh analysis, original approaches and new sources. Although the tenor is critical, the contributors suggest the French defeat was not inevitable and that the Battle of France might have turned out differently if different choices had been made and other paths followed.
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"This stimulating and valuable collection ... does a superb job of demonstrating the intricacies of this acutely troubling problem." * H-Diplo "This excellent volume of essays ... the editor and publisher are to be congratulated on a valuable and handsome volume." * The Journal of Military History "... makes available a rich offering of the latest research on the defeat of 1940." * The International History Review Read more...
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