Joel Blatt: The French Defeat of 1940

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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 France might have turned out differently if different choices had been made and other paths been followed.

Über den Autor

Joel Blatt teaches at the University of Connecticut at Stamford.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Joel Blatt

Introduction
Joel Blatt

Chapter 1. Strategy and Scapegoatism: Reflections on the French National Catastrophe, 1940
Nicole Jordan

Chapter 2. Marc Bloch and the drôle de guerre: Prelude to the "Strange Defeat"
Carole Fink

Chapter 3. Martyr's Vengenance: Memory, Trauma, and Fear of War in France, 1918-1940
Omer Bartov

Chapter 4. Domestic Politics and the Fall of France in 1940
William I. Irvine

Chapter 5. Edouard Daladier: The Conduct of the War and the Beginnigns of Defeat
Elisabeth du Réau

Chapter 6. The Missed Opportunity: French Refugee Policy in Wartime, 1939-1940
Vicki Caron

Chapter 7. Prelude to Defeat: Franco-Soviet Relations, 1919-1939
Michael Jabara Carley

Chapter 8. France and the Illusion of American SUpport, 1919-1940
William R. Keylor

Chapter 9. In the Eye of the Beholder: The Cultural Representation of France and Germany by The New York Times, 1939-1940
Robert J. Young

Chapter 10. Reflections on France, Britain and the Winter War Prodrome, 1939-1940
John C. Cairns

Chapter 11. "Fighting to the Last Frenchman"? Reflections on the BEF Development to France and the Strains in the Franco-British Alliance, 1939-1940
Martin S. ALexander

Chapter 12. French Defeat in 1940 and its Reversal in 1944-1945: The Deuxième Division Blindée
Philip Farwell Bankwitz

Chapter 13. The Trauma of 1940: A Disaster and its Traces
Stanley Hoffmann

Bibliography

Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2000
Fachbereich:	Regionalgeschichte
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781571812261
ISBN-10:	1571812261
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion:	Blatt, Joel
Hersteller:	Berghahn Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 140 x 21 mm
Von/Mit:	Joel Blatt
Erscheinungsdatum:	15.02.2001
Gewicht:	0,482 kg