Vichy's double bind : French collaboration between Hitler and Mussolini during the Second World War
Vichy's Double Bind advances a significant new interpretation of French collaboration during the Second World War. Arguing that the path to collaboration involved not merely Nazi Germany but Fascist Italy, it suggests that the Vichy French government was caught in a double bind, between the irr...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY : Cambridge University Press,
2023
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | New Studies in European History
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| Schlagworte: | World War, 1939-1945 Electronic books |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (226 Seiten) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Vichy's Double Bind advances a significant new interpretation of French collaboration during the Second World War. Arguing that the path to collaboration involved not merely Nazi Germany but Fascist Italy, it suggests that the Vichy French government was caught in a double bind, between the irreconcilable positions of the two Axis governments. Introduction -- Part I Diplomacy and Politics -- 1 Sowing the Seeds: From the Abyssinia Crisis to the Armistice -- The Depreciation of Laval -- Growing Rifts -- Armistice Negotiations -- Conclusion -- 2 Pivoting between Alignments: July to December 1940 -- Reorientations after Mers-el-Kébir -- Rapprochement with Rome -- Bargaining with Berlin -- Conclusion -- 3 Playing Rome against Berlin: December 1940 to March 1942 -- Impasse -- Collaboration and Misdirection -- Conclusion -- 4 Compliance and Defiance: April 1942 to September 1943 -- Dividing but not Ruling -- Shattered Illusions -- Final Machinations -- Conclusion -- 5 The Absence of Collaborationism -- The National Revolution -- Kindred Spirits -- Collaborationism -- Conclusion -- Part II Local Encounters -- 6 The Menace Within: July 1940 to November 1942 -- The Italian Presence -- Obstruction and Defiance -- Multi-layered Responses -- Conclusion -- 7 Annexation by Stealth: Italian Occupation from June 1940 to November 1942 -- Italianisation -- The Response from Vichy -- Conclusion -- 8 Confronting Italian Occupation: November 1942 to September 1943 -- The Arrival of the Occupiers -- Violence and Repression -- Vichy's Double Bind -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Archives -- Official Publications -- Newspapers -- Memoirs and Contemporary Accounts -- Index. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (226 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 9781009368315 1009368311 9781009368292 100936829X |