1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910357460203321

Autore

Falconi, Fabrizio

Titolo

I monumenti esoterici d'Italia : [uno straordinario itinerario alla scoperta degli antichi segreti del nostro paese] / Fabrizio Falconi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Roma : Newton Compton, 2019

ISBN

978-88-227-2757-2

978-88-541-4995-3

Edizione

[2. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

407 p. : ill. ; 22 cm

Collana

Tradizioni italiane ; 306

Disciplina

001.94

Locazione

FSPBC

Collocazione

XXXI VARIE 594

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Complemento del titolo in copertina

A pag. IV di cop.: ebook disponibile

Nota di bibliografia

Contiene bibl. (pp.403-404)



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787886603321

Autore

Blatt Joel

Titolo

The French Defeat Of 1940 [[electronic resource] ] : Reassessments

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : Berghahn Books, 2001

ISBN

0-85745-717-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (380 p.)

Disciplina

940.54214

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - France

World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Western Front

HISTORY / Europe / France

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

The French Defeat of 1940; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. STRATEGY AND SCAPEGOATISM; CHAPTER 2. MARC BLOCH AND THE DRÒ‚LE DE GUERRE; CHAPTER 3. MARTYRS' VENGEANCE; CHAPTER 4. DOMESTIC POLITICS AND THE FALL OF FRANCE IN 1940; CHAPTER 5. EDOUARD DALADIER; CHAPTER 6. THE MISSED OPPORTUNITY; CHAPTER 7. PRELUDE TO DEFEAT; CHAPTER 8. FRANCE AND THE ILLUSION OF AMERICAN SUPPORT, 1919-1940; CHAPTER 9. IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER; CHAPTER 10. REFLECTIONS ON FRANCE, BRITAIN AND THE WINTER WAR PRODROME, 1939-1940; CHAPTER 11. "FIGHTING TO THE LAST FRENCHMAN"?

CHAPTER 12. FRENCH DEFEAT IN 1940 AND ITS REVERSAL IN 1944-1945CHAPTER 13. THE TRAUMA OF 1940; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

Why France, the major European continental victor in 1918, suffered total defeat in six weeks at the hands of the vanquished power of 1918 only two decades later remains moot. Why the stunning reversal of fortunes? In this volume thirteen prominent scholars reexamine the French debacle of 1940 in interwar perspectives, utilizing fresh analysis, original approaches, and new sources. Although the tenor of the volume is critical, the contributors also suggest that French preparations for war knew successes as well as failures, that French defeat was not inevitable, and that the Battle of Franc