Full name: Vichy France: Old Guard and New Order

Author: Robert O. Paxton Year: 1972 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, War/Military, Politics Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780231124690 0231124694

Robert O. Paxton's classic study of the aftermath of France's sudden collapse under Nazi invasion utilizes captured German archives and other contemporary materials to construct a strong and disturbing account of the Vichy period in France. With a new introduction and updated bibliography, "Vichy France" demonstrates that the collaborationist government of Marshal Petain did far more than merely react to German pressures. The Vichy leaders actively pursued their own double agenda--internally, the authoritarian and racist "national revolution," and, externally, an attempt to persuade Hitler to accept this new France as a partner in his new Europe. Similar books: The Collapse of the Third Republic by William L. Shirer France: The Dark Years: 1940-1944 by Julian Jackson Strange Defeat by Marc Bloch When Paris Went Dark by Ronald C. Rosbottom Paris After the Liberation by Antony Beevor The Fall of France by Julian Jackson Americans in Paris by Charles Glass The Anatomy of Fascism by Robert O. Paxton Verdict on Vichy by Michael Curtis Les Parisiennes by Anne Sebba The Storm of War by Andrew Roberts Village of Secrets by Caroline Moorehead Year Zero by Ian Buruma 1939 by Richard Overy Strange Victory by Ernest R. May Fateful Choices by Ian Kershaw The Great War for Civilisation by Robert Fisk Ghost Wars by Steve Coll Fiasco by Thomas E. Ricks Imperial Life in the Emerald City by Rajiv Chandrasekaran