Pétain : how the hero of France became a convicted traitor and changed the course of history / Charles Williams

Publication | Library Call Number: DC342.8.P4 W55 2005

Format: Book
Author/Creator: Williams, Charles, 1933-
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-290) and index
Language: English

Physical Description: xi, 298 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm
Contents: On the wrong side of history
"The son of my sorrow"
Choosing the saber over the book
Saint-Cyr: lessons in war
The Dreyfus affair
Love, retirement, and a new beginning
The dogs of war
"The German is the enemy"
The battle of Verdun
Hero of France and commander-in-chief
Total war
Pétain, architect of victory
Nini, the wife next door
Saving the Spanish in Morocco
The Politics of peace
The hollow years
The unpopular front
Ambassador to Spain
Defeat
The road to Vichy
The royal "we"
The Germans, Darlan, and the Jewish question
The specter of communism
The trap
The collapse of the house of cards
Occupied France
Vichy: the final act
Reluctant flight
The Marshal of France defends his honor
Prison for life.
ISBN: 1403970114
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-290) and index.
Subjects: Heads of state--France--Biography.
Marshals--France--Biography.
France--History--20th century.
France--Politics and government--1940-1945.
Pétain, Philippe,--1856-1951.
France.--Armée--Biography.
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