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The French Empire at War, 1940–1945

Af: Martin Thomas Engelsk Paperback

The French Empire at War, 1940–1945

Af: Martin Thomas Engelsk Paperback
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The French empire at war draws on original research in France and Britain to investigate the history of the divided French empire - the Vichy and the Free French empires - during the Second World War.

What emerges is a fascinating story. While it is clear that both the Vichy and Free French colonial authorities were only rarely masters of their own destiny during the war, preservation of limited imperial control served them both in different ways. The Vichy government exploited the empire in an effort to withstand German-Italian pressure for concessions in metropolitan France and it was key to its claim to be more than the mouthpiece of a defeated nation.
For Free France too, the empire acquired a political and symbolic importance which far outweighed its material significance to the Gaullist war effort. As the war progressed, the Vichy empire lost ground to that of the Free French, something which has often been attributed to the attraction of the Gaullist mystique and the spirit of resistance in the colonies. In this radical new interpretation, Thomas argues that it was neither of these. The course of the war itself, and the initiatives of the major combatant powers, played the greatest part in the rise of the Gaullist empire and the demise of Vichy colonial control.

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The French empire at war draws on original research in France and Britain to investigate the history of the divided French empire - the Vichy and the Free French empires - during the Second World War.

What emerges is a fascinating story. While it is clear that both the Vichy and Free French colonial authorities were only rarely masters of their own destiny during the war, preservation of limited imperial control served them both in different ways. The Vichy government exploited the empire in an effort to withstand German-Italian pressure for concessions in metropolitan France and it was key to its claim to be more than the mouthpiece of a defeated nation.
For Free France too, the empire acquired a political and symbolic importance which far outweighed its material significance to the Gaullist war effort. As the war progressed, the Vichy empire lost ground to that of the Free French, something which has often been attributed to the attraction of the Gaullist mystique and the spirit of resistance in the colonies. In this radical new interpretation, Thomas argues that it was neither of these. The course of the war itself, and the initiatives of the major combatant powers, played the greatest part in the rise of the Gaullist empire and the demise of Vichy colonial control.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 304
ISBN-13: 9780719065194
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0719065194
Kategori: Europæisk historie
Udg. Dato: 25 apr 2007
Længde: 20mm
Bredde: 233mm
Højde: 157mm
Forlag: Manchester University Press
Oplagsdato: 25 apr 2007
Forfatter(e): Martin Thomas
Forfatter(e) Martin Thomas

Kategori Europæisk historie

ISBN-13 9780719065194

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 304

Udgave

Længde 20mm

Bredde 233mm

Højde 157mm

Udg. Dato 25 apr 2007

Oplagsdato 25 apr 2007

Forlag Manchester University Press

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