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France 1940 - Defending the Republic (Hardcover)
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France 1940 - Defending the Republic (Hardcover)
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A new perspective on the calamitous fall of France in 1940 and why
blame has been misplaced ever since In this revisionist account of
France's crushing defeat in 1940, a world authority on French
history argues that the nation's downfall has long been
misunderstood. Philip Nord assesses France's diplomatic and
military preparations for war with Germany, its conduct of the war
once the fighting began, and the political consequences of defeat
on the battlefield. He also tracks attitudes among French leaders
once defeat seemed a likelihood, identifying who among them took
advantage of the nation's misfortunes to sabotage democratic
institutions and plot an authoritarian way forward. Nord finds that
the longstanding view that France's collapse was due to military
unpreparedeness and a decadent national character is unsupported by
fact. Instead, he reveals that the Third Republic was no worse
prepared and its military failings no less dramatic than those of
the United States and other Allies in the early years of the war.
What was unique in France was the betrayal by military and
political elites who abandoned the Republic and supported the
reprehensible Vichy takeover. Why then have historians and
politicians ever since interpreted the defeat as a judgment on the
nation as a whole? Why has the focus been on the failings of the
Third Republic and not on elite betrayal? The author examines these
questions in a fascinating conclusion.
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