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Vichy France: Old Guard and New Order, 1940-1944

by Robert O. Paxton

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Uncompromising, often startling, meticulously documented'this book is an account of the government, and the governed, of colaborationist France. Basing his work on captured German archives and contemporary materials rather than on self-serving postwar memoirs or war-trial testimony, Professor Paxton maps out the complex nature of the ill-famed Vichy government, showing that it in fact enjoyed mass participation. The majority of the Frenchmen in 1940 feared social disorder as the worse show more imaginable evil and rallied to support the State, thereby bringing about the betrayal of the Nation as a whole. show less

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Robert O. Paxton

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Robert O. Paxton taught at Columbia University.

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National Book Award (Finalist – History – 1973)

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Canonical title: Vichy France: Old Guard and New Order, 1940-1944
Original title: Vichy France: Old Guard and New Order, 1940-1944
Original publication date: 1972
People/Characters: Philippe Pétain; Pierre Laval
Important places: France
Important events: World War II (1939 | 1945); Fall of France (1940-05-10 | 1940-06-22); World War II, German Occupation of France (1940 | 1944)
Original language*: Anglais (Etats-Unis) (Etats-Unis)

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Languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish
Media: Paper, Ebook
ISBNs: 14
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Published: 1972
Genres: History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 944.0816
LCC: DC397 .P37

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