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The French Resistance (Hardcover)
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The French Resistance (Hardcover)
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"Whatever happens, the flame of French resistance must not and will
not go out." As Charles de Gaulle ended his radio address to the
French nation in June 1940, listeners must have felt a surge of
patriotism tinged with uncertainty. Who would keep the flame
burning through dark years of occupation? At what cost? Olivier
Wieviorka presents a comprehensive history of the French
Resistance, synthesizing its social, political, and military
aspects to offer fresh insights into its operation. Detailing the
Resistance from the inside out, he reveals not one organization but
many interlocking groups often at odds over goals, methods, and
leadership. He debunks lingering myths, including the idea that the
Resistance sprang up in response to the exhortations of de Gaulle's
Free French government-in-exile. The Resistance was homegrown,
arising from the soil of French civil society. Resisters had to
improvise in the fight against the Nazis and the collaborationist
Vichy regime. They had no blueprint to follow, but resisters from
all walks of life and across the political spectrum formed
networks, organizing activities from printing newspapers to
rescuing downed airmen to sabotage. Although the Resistance was
never strong enough to fight the Germans openly, it provided the
Allies invaluable intelligence, sowed havoc behind enemy lines on
D-Day, and played a key role in Paris's liberation. Wieviorka
shatters the conventional image of a united resistance with no
interest in political power. But setting the record straight does
not tarnish the legacy of its fighters, who braved Nazism without
blinking.
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