France
Author | : Julian Jackson |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press on Demand |
Total Pages | : 682 |
Release | : 2001 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780198207061 |
ISBN-13 | : 0198207069 |
Rating | : 4/5 (069 Downloads) |
Download or read book France written by Julian Jackson and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2001 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this monumental new account of the Vichy years, Julian Jackson examines French experiences of Occupation during the 'Black Years' of 1940-4. Pulling together previously separate 'histories' of occupation, resistance, and collaboration he presents a definitive history of the period. This isa more complex history than the traditional dichotomy between 'collaboration' and 'resistance', one in which the ideological frontiers between Vichy and the Resistance were often blurred. This study ranges from the politics of Marshal Petain's regime to the experiences of the ordinary Frenchpeople, from surrender in 1940 to the purges of liberation. The author restores the organized Resistance to a more central role than has been customary in recent years and presents a new social history of the resistance which takes in the roles of foreigners, women, Jews, and peasants. He uncoversthe long term roots of the Vichy regime in political and social conflict and cultural crisis stretching back to the Great War and concludes by tracing the lasting legacy and memory of Occupation since 1945.