| Description |
viii, 372 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Preface / Joel Blatt -- Introduction / Joel Blatt -- I. Strategy and Scapegoatism: Reflections on the French National Catastrophe, 1940 / Nicole Jordan -- II. Marc Bloch and the drole de guerre: Prelude to the "Strange Defeat" / Carole Fink -- III. Martyrs' Vengeance: Memory, Trauma, and Fear of War in France, 1918-1940 / Omer Bartov -- IV. Domestic Politics and the Fall of France in 1940 / William D. Irvine -- V. Edouard Daladier: The Conduct of the War and the Beginnings of Defeat / Elizabeth du Reau -- VI. The Missed Opportunity: French Refugee Policy in Wartime, 1939-1940 / Vicki Caron -- VII. Prelude to Defeat: Franco-Soviet Relations, 1919-1939 / Michael Jabara Carley -- VIII. France and the Illusion of American Support, 1919-1940 / William R. Keylor -- IX. In the Eye of the Beholder: The Cultural Representation of France and Germany by The New York Times, 1939-1940 / Robert J. Young |
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X. Reflections on France, Britain and the Winter War Prodrome, 1939-1940 / John C. Cairns -- XI. "Fighting to the Last Frenchman"? Reflections on the BEF Deployment to France and the Strains in the Franco-British Alliance, 1939-1940 / Martin S. Alexander -- XII. French Defeat in 1940 and its reversal in 1944-1945: The Deuxieme Division Blindee / Philip Farwell Bankwitz -- XIII. The Trauma of 1940: A Disaster and its Traces / Stanley Hoffmann |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France.
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| SUBJECT |
France -- History -- 1914-1940. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051417
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| Author |
Blatt, Joel.
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| LC no. |
96053856 |
| ISBN |
1571811095 |
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