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8vo Dust Jacket Condition: As New. xiv (iv), 348 pp, list of 16 b&w

8vo Dust Jacket Condition: As New. xiv (iv), 348 pp, list of 16 b&w illustrations, preface, maps, Prologue: Verdun and Its Legacy; Part I. The Fall of France and the Path of Collaboration: 1. Invasion and Exodus; 2. Vichy and the New European Order. Part II. The Shameful Peace: 3. Are You in Office? 4. Presence and Absence. Part III. Resistance and Liberations: 5. Living in Fear, Livingin Hope; 6. Settling Scores; Epilogue: Division and Its Aftermath; sources and further reading, chronology, acknowledgments, index. First American Edition, 1998. "France was slow and somewhat ineffectual in organizing resistance movement. In Occupation Ian Ousby challenges the myth that France was liberated 'by the whole of France'. The author explores the Nazi occupation of France with superb detail and eyewitness accounts that range from famous figures like Simone de Beauvoir, Charles de Gaulle, Andre Gide, Jean-Paul Sartre and Gertrude Stein to ordinary citizens, forgotten heroes and traitors." Price clipped. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine.