The French Defeat of 1940

Zusatztext "This stimulating and valuable collection ... does a superb job of demonstrating the intricacies of this acutely troubling problem." ????H-Diplo "This excellent volume of essays ... the editor and publisher are to be congratulated on a valuable and handsome volume." ????The Journal of Military History "... makes available a rich offering of the latest research on the defeat of 1940." ????The International History Review Informationen zum Autor Joel Blatt teaches at the University of Connecticut at Stamford. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. 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 ...

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Joel Blatt teaches at the University of Connecticut at Stamford.

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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.

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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

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