Occupied France: Collaboration and Resistance, 1940-1944 - Brossura

Kedward, Roderick

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0631139273 ISBN 13: 9780631139270

Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons, 1985

Riassunto

This concise history of France from the occupation in 1940 to liberation in 1944 focuses on the struggle between those who favoured collaboration with the occupying Germans and those who opted to resist.
Roderick Kedward shows how ordinary people experienced the occupation; he examines the politics and ideology of the Victory regime, and he discusses the many different forms of resistance launched from inside and outside France. He particularly emphasizes the changing nature of both collaboration and resistance as the pressure of the occupatoin intensified, and asks whether France was involved in a civil war by 1944.

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Harry Roderick "Rod" Kedward is a British historian, formerly professor of history at the University of Sussex and now professor emeritus.

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This concise history of France from the occupation in 1940 to liberation in 1944 focuses on the struggle between those who favored collaboration with the occupying Germans and those who opted to resist.

Roderick Kedward shows how ordinary people experienced the occupation; he examines the politics and ideology of the Vichy regime, and he discusses the many different forms of resistance launched from inside and outside France. He particularly emphasizes the changing nature of both collaboration and resistance as the pressure of the occupation intensified, and asks whether France was involved in a civil war by 1944.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: John Wiley & Sons
• Data di pubblicazione: 1985
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0631139273
• ISBN 13: 9780631139270
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 108
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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