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The French Resistance
Olivier Wieviorka
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Description for The French Resistance
Hardback. Olivier Wieviorka's history of the French Resistance debunks lingering myths and offers fresh insight into social, political, and military aspects of its operation. He reveals not one but many interlocking homegrown groups often at odds over goals, methods, and leadership. Yet, despite a lack of unity, these fighters braved Nazism without blinking. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 506 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Whatever happens, the flame of French resistance must not and will not go out. As Charles de Gaulle ended his radio address to the French nation in June 1940, listeners must have felt a surge of patriotism tinged with uncertainty. Who would keep the flame burning through dark years of occupation? At what cost? Olivier Wieviorka presents a comprehensive history of the French Resistance, synthesizing its social, political, and military aspects to offer fresh insights into its operation. Detailing the Resistance from the inside out, he reveals not one organization but many interlocking groups often at ... Read more
Whatever happens, the flame of French resistance must not and will not go out. As Charles de Gaulle ended his radio address to the French nation in June 1940, listeners must have felt a surge of patriotism tinged with uncertainty. Who would keep the flame burning through dark years of occupation? At what cost? Olivier Wieviorka presents a comprehensive history of the French Resistance, synthesizing its social, political, and military aspects to offer fresh insights into its operation. Detailing the Resistance from the inside out, he reveals not one organization but many interlocking groups often at ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
1039g
Number of Pages
506
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780674731226
SKU
V9780674731226
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About Olivier Wieviorka
Olivier Wieviorka is Professor of History at the Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan.
Reviews for The French Resistance
An admirable history and the best single-volume work on the subject so far.
Patrick Marnham Literary Review (06/01/2016) [Wieviorka] carefully traces the evolution of the often-fraught relationship between the internal Resistance in France and Charles de Gaulle's London-based Free French, the Resistance's growing complexity (and costliness) as a bureaucracy, and its debates over goals and approaches...Few historians can navigate the ... Read more
Patrick Marnham Literary Review (06/01/2016) [Wieviorka] carefully traces the evolution of the often-fraught relationship between the internal Resistance in France and Charles de Gaulle's London-based Free French, the Resistance's growing complexity (and costliness) as a bureaucracy, and its debates over goals and approaches...Few historians can navigate the ... Read more