Collaboration and Resistance: Images of Life in Vichy France 1940-1944 Jean-Pierre Azema, Yves Durand, ... Harry N. Abrams, 2000 Through hundreds of photographs and documents never before or rarely seen, Collaboration and Resistance offers an unprecedented view of life in France during the German occupation in World War II. Plumbing an archival source that only recently has begun to yield its secrets, the authors have gathered an astonishing collection of photographs, posters, newspaper pages, and leaflets-most from the ...             Sisters in the Resistance1 review Margaret Collins Weitz Wiley, 1998 A great compilation of oral histories, but bad conclusions. Excellent chapters on the behind the scenes aspect of the resistance, including social services, where women dominated the field. The book does not, however, include food riots and worker's strikes. These are two areas of resistance that women also participated in. For the most part Weitz is ...             France Under the Germans: Collaboration and Compromise4 reviews Philippe Burrin New Press, 1998 Riveting Thoughtful Look At French Collaboration With Nazis! + The real French view of the world One of the most bizarre and unexpected ironies of modern history was the capitulation, collaboration, and compromises made by the French to the Nazi forces that so quickly overwhelmed them with the blitzkrieg assault against Western Europe in the summer of 1940. In this thoughtful, scholarly, and ...             France: The Dark Years, 1940-1944 (Modern World)8 reviews Julian Jackson Oxford University Press, USA, 2001 Definitive World War II History on Nazi-Occupied France + Brilliant + DARK FRANCE + Limited in scope, but excellent in detail             Vichy France7 reviews Robert O. Paxton Columbia University Press, 2001 The French Quest for Collaboration + Landmark Work + Revolutionary + On the review of Mr J. Adams             Resistance and Betrayal: The Death and Life of the Greatest Hero of the French Resistance4 reviews Patrick Marnham Random House, 2002 Exposing the myths surrounding French resistance... + THE FACE OF FRANCE This book along with Ted Morgan's AN UNCERTAIN HOUR, should be on your must reading list if France during the Nazi occupation is of any interest. Exposing the many competing factions that made up the resistance movement and how even the common German enemy could not prevent them from working ...             Occupation: The Ordeal of France 1940-19448 reviews Ian Ousby Cooper Square Press, 2000 Entertaining, charming, remarkably comprehensive + Fascinating + Road from Verdun The French experience of 1940-44 was primarily a cultural happening, rather than a political or military one. This is an obvious fact, but also an inconvenient one. Histories habitually focus on militaria and political squabbling. How do you get a grasp on an era when there were no battles or ...             Strange Victory: Hitler's Conquest of France26 reviews Ernest R. May Hill and Wang, 2001 Brilliant Scholarship + Interesting, But Not the Last Word + Couldn't Put it Down. + A fair and scholastic review of Plan Yellow. + Intelligence was key             Strange Defeat5 reviews Marc Bloch W. W. Norton & Company, 1999 Superb evaluation of the French Defeat + Very Important Book...on Ideology + Indispensible for Understanding 20th Century France + Classic Account of a Shocking Defeat             The Collapse Of The Third Republic18 reviews William L. Shirer Da Capo Press, 1994 The best study on why democracies sometimes fail + Very good + the classic text + A good piece of writing, but not his best + How the Greatest Pre-World War 2 Power Fell             Vichy France and the Jews: with a new Foreword [1995] by Stanley Hoffmann Michael Marrus, Robert Paxton, ... Stanford University Press, 1995             Strange Defeat5 reviews Marc Bloch W. W. Norton & Company, 1999 Superb evaluation of the French Defeat + Very Important Book...on Ideology + Indispensible for Understanding 20th Century France + Classic Account of a Shocking Defeat             The Collapse Of The Third Republic18 reviews William L. Shirer Da Capo Press, 1994 The best study on why democracies sometimes fail + Very good + the classic text + A good piece of writing, but not his best + How the Greatest Pre-World War 2 Power Fell             Resistance and Betrayal: The Death and Life of the Greatest Hero of the French Resistance4 reviews Patrick Marnham Random House, 2002 Exposing the myths surrounding French resistance... + THE FACE OF FRANCE This book along with Ted Morgan's AN UNCERTAIN HOUR, should be on your must reading list if France during the Nazi occupation is of any interest. Exposing the many competing factions that made up the resistance movement and how even the common German enemy could not prevent them from working ...             Strange Victory: Hitler's Conquest of France26 reviews Ernest R. May Hill and Wang, 2001 Brilliant Scholarship + Interesting, But Not the Last Word + Couldn't Put it Down. + A fair and scholastic review of Plan Yellow. + Intelligence was key             Occupation: The Ordeal of France 1940-19448 reviews Ian Ousby Cooper Square Press, 2000 Entertaining, charming, remarkably comprehensive + Fascinating + Road from Verdun The French experience of 1940-44 was primarily a cultural happening, rather than a political or military one. This is an obvious fact, but also an inconvenient one. Histories habitually focus on militaria and political squabbling. How do you get a grasp on an era when there were no battles or ...             Collaboration and Resistance: Images of Life in Vichy France 1940-1944 Jean-Pierre Azema, Yves Durand, ... Harry N. Abrams, 2000 Through hundreds of photographs and documents never before or rarely seen, Collaboration and Resistance offers an unprecedented view of life in France during the German occupation in World War II. Plumbing an archival source that only recently has begun to yield its secrets, the authors have gathered an astonishing collection of photographs, posters, newspaper pages, and leaflets-most from the ...             Sisters in the Resistance1 review Margaret Collins Weitz Wiley, 1998 A great compilation of oral histories, but bad conclusions. Excellent chapters on the behind the scenes aspect of the resistance, including social services, where women dominated the field. The book does not, however, include food riots and worker's strikes. These are two areas of resistance that women also participated in. For the most part Weitz is ...             Vichy France and the Jews: with a new Foreword [1995] by Stanley Hoffmann Michael Marrus, Robert Paxton, ... Stanford University Press, 1995             France: The Dark Years, 1940-1944 (Modern World)8 reviews Julian Jackson Oxford University Press, USA, 2001 Definitive World War II History on Nazi-Occupied France + Brilliant + DARK FRANCE + Limited in scope, but excellent in detail