France during World War II: From Defeat to Liberation (World War II: The Global Human and Ethical Dimension)

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In this concise clearly written book Thomas and Michael Christofferson provide a balanced introduction to every aspect of the French experience during World War II. Synthesizing a wide range of scholarship the authors integrate political diplomatic military social cultural and economic history in this portrait of a nation and a people at war. Here is a chronicle of the battles and campaigns that stained French soil with blood. Here also is the full historical context of the warits origins realities and aftermathin French society. The authors pay particular attention to the key failures of institutional Franceespecially the officer corps political elites and the Catholic Church. They also assess the controversial history of the Vichy regime and the German occupation in carefully crafted accounts of resistance and collaboration Vichys National Revolution and the fate of Frances Jews. Accessible to both students and general readers France during World War II develops a full understanding of the actors events issues and controversies of a turbulent era.