02728nam 22004933u 450 991078788660332120210114065855.00-85745-717-910.1515/9780857457172(CKB)2670000000530411(EBL)1337783(MiAaPQ)EBC1337783(DE-B1597)635991(DE-B1597)9780857457172(EXLCZ)99267000000053041120140310d2001|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe French Defeat Of 1940[electronic resource] ReassessmentsNew York, NY Berghahn Books20011 online resource (380 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-57181-226-1 The French Defeat of 1940; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. STRATEGY AND SCAPEGOATISM; CHAPTER 2. MARC BLOCH AND THE DRÔLE 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 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 FrancWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsFranceWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsWestern FrontHISTORY / Europe / FrancebisacshWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsHISTORY / Europe / France.940.54214Blatt Joel1573324AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910787886603321The French Defeat Of 19403849022UNINA