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Author:

Williams, Charles, 1933-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

xi, 298 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Pétain, Philippe,--1856-1951.
France.--Armée.--Biography.
Heads of state--France--Biography.
Marshals--France.--Biography.
France--History--20th century.
France--Politics and government--1940-1945.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-290) and index.

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:

9781403970114 (alk. paper)
1403970114 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)57965783

LCCN:

2005040550

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)