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wide-ranging ... The story is regularly enriched by nuggets of unexpected information. (Patrick Marnham, Spectator, 7 July 2001 )
a valuable addition to the continuing debate over France's collapse in 1940 and the Vichy government's subsequent cooperation with the Nazis (Contemporary Review )
this analysis reads very fresh, as though what happened might have turned out differently (The Guardian )
a valuable addition to the continuing debate over France's collapse in 1940 and the Vichy government's subsequent cooperation with the Nazis (Contemporary Review )
this analysis reads very fresh, as though what happened might have turned out differently (The Guardian )
Patrick Marnham, Spectator, 7 July 2001
"wide-ranging ... The story is regularly enriched by nuggets of unexpected information."
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In January 1945, the lifelong anti-Republican polemicist Charles Maurras was found guilty of collaboration with Germany. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
In January 1945, the lifelong anti-Republican polemicist Charles Maurras was found guilty of collaboration with Germany. Read the first page
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69 of 70 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a substantial survey of the years of the Nazi occupation of France. Although there are some excellent English and American books on this subject or on aspects of it, I have not yet come across anything in English which is as comprehensive.
The autor starts with a section called " Anticipations " which sets the scene by examining some aspects of France between the two world wars. This section ends with an account of the rapid defeat of France in the Spring and Summer of 1940.
The other sections of the book deal with collaboration, the Vichy government, everyday life, the Resistance,and, perhaps the most interesting section, the Liberation and after.
The book is massively well-informed. The author makes references to a huge number of sources: these range from standard history texts through unpublished Ph.D theses to French newspapers published at the time, both those produced by the underground presses and those which openly supported the Vichy régime and the Nazi occupiers.
The book provides some valuable correctives to some of the myths and legend which persist about the Resistance and the Vichy state. He rejects completely the idea that Jean Moulin was a communist sleeper, for example. Julian Jackson finishes his study with an epilogue called " Remembering the Occupation " which shows that the events of 1940 - 1944 are still a subject of serious and sometimes acrimonious discussion.
In just over six hundred pages this book covers a big subject in fascinating detail. It should be on the bookshelf of anyone interested in tis period. It deserves to become a classic in its field.
30 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I studied history but now I'm just looking for straight forward enjoyable narrative history. This is a well researched, well written book. However, I'm finding it very hard to work my way through, and often I've read a whole page without paying any attention to it as it is so dense and detailed. I would recommend this book if you are studying this at university, but if you want some bedside reading, think twice about it. The section on resistance is very good though.
15 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I have to say that Julian Jackson's book is excellent; quite the best
book on the subject I have ever read. It is immaculately researched,
well written, wide-ranging and more than worth the price the book shops
charge for it. For anyone with an interest in the subject it is a top
one-stop point of reference.
book on the subject I have ever read. It is immaculately researched,
well written, wide-ranging and more than worth the price the book shops
charge for it. For anyone with an interest in the subject it is a top
one-stop point of reference.
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I can appreciate some of the uncertain comments about this book. It would be a mistake for anyone who knows little of the background to use this as a base for study of this... Read more
Published 11 months ago by CAMDENJOHN
The bible of Vichy studies
Julian Jackson's book is so well thought-out, so utterly comprehensive and so intelligent that it has become like a bible to those studying France's dark years. Read more
Published on 2 May 2010 by S. K. A. Kitson
Thought provoking
Here was a subject that I knew very little about, apart from the high cost in Allied lives to move the occupying Germans out of France, and more importantly how General De Gaulle... Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2010 by T. C. Harrison
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A fanstastic book about a periode of the French history not so much well review. I think that the author explain very well the precedents of the Vichy regime and give us an idea... Read more
Published on 28 Dec 2009 by Eduardo Santamaria
France: The Dark Years, 1940-1944
This is a serious book which is heavy going at times, a well researched and presented reference book of the era.
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