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Vichy France - Old Guard and New Order 1940-1944

By: Columbia University Press

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Columbia University Press)

Last Stocked on 4/11/2023

Product Info

Title
Vichy France - Old Guard and New Order 1940-1944
Category
Author
Robert O. Paxton
Publish Year
2001
Pages
438
Dimensions
5.5x8.25x1.25"
NKG Part #
2148037444
Type
Softcover

Description

Robert O. Paxton's classic study of the aftermath of France's 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.