04432nam 2200733 a 450 991045412080332120200520144314.01-281-95728-397866119572850-226-43895-310.7208/9780226438955(CKB)1000000000707216(EBL)432183(OCoLC)309104943(SSID)ssj0000175301(PQKBManifestationID)11177174(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000175301(PQKBWorkID)10190117(PQKB)11496513(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122994(MiAaPQ)EBC432183(DE-B1597)522680(OCoLC)1086468170(DE-B1597)9780226438955(Au-PeEL)EBL432183(CaPaEBR)ebr10271870(CaONFJC)MIL195728(EXLCZ)99100000000070721620070510d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe hunt for Nazi spies[electronic resource] fighting espionage in Vichy France /Simon Kitson ; translated by Catherine TihanyiChicago University of Chicago Press20081 online resource (241 p.)"Originally published as Vichy et la chasse aux espions nazis, c2005 by Éditions"--T.p. verso.0-226-43893-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-208) and index.Front matter --CONTENTS --Preface to the English Language Edition --Acknowledgments --Glossary and Abbreviations --Chronology of World War II France --Introduction --1. Organizing German Espionage --2. Becoming a Spy --3. The Structures of French Counterespionage --4. Secret Service Ambiguities --5. Everyday Counterespionage --6. The Fate of the Spies --7. Understanding Vichy's Policy --Conclusion --Notes --Bibliography --IndexFrom 1940 to 1942, French secret agents arrested more than two thousand spies working for the Germans and executed several dozen of them-all despite the Vichy government's declared collaboration with the Third Reich. A previously untold chapter in the history of World War II, this duplicitous activity is the gripping subject of The Hunt for Nazi Spies, a tautly narrated chronicle of the Vichy regime's attempts to maintain sovereignty while supporting its Nazi occupiers. Simon Kitson informs this remarkable story with findings from his investigation-the first by any historian-of thousands of Vichy documents seized in turn by the Nazis and the Soviets and returned to France only in the 1990's. His pioneering detective work uncovers a puzzling paradox: a French government that was hunting down left-wing activists and supporters of Charles de Gaulle's Free French forces was also working to undermine the influence of German spies who were pursuing the same Gaullists and resisters. In light of this apparent contradiction, Kitson does not deny that Vichy France was committed to assisting the Nazi cause, but illuminates the complex agendas that characterized the collaboration and shows how it was possible to be both anti-German and anti-Gaullist. Combining nuanced conclusions with dramatic accounts of the lives of spies on both sides, The Hunt for Nazi Spies adds an important new dimension to our understanding of the French predicament under German occupation and the shadowy world of World War II espionage.World War, 1939-1945CollaborationistsFranceWorld War, 1939-1945Secret serviceFranceWorld War, 1939-1945Secret serviceGermanyEspionage, GermanFranceHistory20th centurySpiesGermanyHistory20th centuryFranceHistoryGerman occupation, 1940-1945Electronic books.World War, 1939-1945CollaborationistsWorld War, 1939-1945Secret serviceWorld War, 1939-1945Secret serviceEspionage, GermanHistorySpiesHistory940.54/8644Kitson Simon859371Tihanyi Catherine896951MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454120803321The hunt for Nazi spies2216465UNINA