Memory of War in France, 1914-45

Cesar Fauxbras, the Voice of the Lowly
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-349-36929-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 259 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 346 g

Memory of War in France examines France in the era of world war through the unconventional eyes of the veteran, activist and novelist, César Fauxbras. It encompasses the French navy at war, the naval mutinies of 1919, the experience of unemployment, interwar pacifism, French defeat in 1940 and Paris under the heel of German occupation.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Perry, M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction PART I: GREAT WAR AT SEA An Ordinary Sailor Black Sea Mutiny PART II: THE CRISIS OF THE 1930S Amongst the Unemployed A Candide for the 1930s Pacifism on the Precipice of War PART III: DEFEAT AND OCCUPATION Survey of Defeat 1940 Occupation Diary 1941-44 Epilogue Appendices Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

MATT PERRY Reader in Labour History at Newcastle University, UK. He has published widely on aspects of twentieth-century labour history in Britain and France. His books include , , and