France: The Dark Years, 1940-1944 by Julian Jackson (English) Hardcover Book

Description: France: The Dark Years, 1940-1944 by Julian Jackson This is the first comprehensive study of the German occupation of France between 1940 and 1944. The author examines the nature and extent of collaboration and resistance, different experiences of Occupation, the persecution of the Jews, intellectual and cultural life under Occupation, and the purge trials that followed. He concludes by tracing the legacy and memory of the Occupation since 1945. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In this monumental new account of the Vichy years, Julian Jackson examines French experiences of Occupation during the Black Years of 1940-4. Pulling together previously separate histories of occupation, resistance, and collaboration he presents a definitive history of the period. This is a more complex history than the traditional dichotomy between collaboration and resistance, one in which the ideological frontiers between Vichy and the Resistance wereoften blurred. This study ranges from the politics of Marshal Pétains regime to the experiences of the ordinary French people, from surrender in 1940 to the purges of liberation. The author restoresthe organized Resistance to a more central role than has been customary in recent years and presents a new social history of the resistance which takes in the roles of foreigners, women, Jews, and peasants. He uncovers the long term roots of the Vichy regime in political and social conflict and cultural crisis stretching back to the Great War and concludes by tracing the lasting legacy and memory of Occupation since 1945. Notes A major new study of the Vichy years, the first in English for 25 years, by a leading authority on the subject. Author Biography Julian Jackson is a Professor of History at the University of Wales, Swansea. Table of Contents IntroductionHistorians and the OccupationAnticipations1: The Shadow of War: Cultural Anxieties and Modern Nightmares2: Rethinking the Republic 1890-19343: Class War/Civil War4: The German Problem5: The Daladier Moment: Prelude to Vichy or Republican Revival6: The DebacleThe Regime: National Revolution and Collaboration7: The National Revolution8: Collaboration9: Collaborationism10: Laval in Power 1942-43The Regime, the Germans, and Administration11: Propaganda,Policing, and Administration12: Public Opinion, Vichy, and the Germans13: Intellectuals, Artists, and Entertainers14: Reconstructing Mankind15: Vichy and the JewsThe Resistance16: The Free French 1940-194217: The Resistance 1940-194218: De Gaulle and the Resistance 194219: Power Struggles20: Resistance in Society21: The New FranceLiberation and After22: Towards Liberation: January to June 194423: Liberations24: A New France?25: Remembering the Occupation Review The Times non-fiction round up Books of the Year 2001 by Iain FinlaysonSunday Times Christmas (the year?) round-upIn a single volume, written forcibly and clearly, he has survey the whole subject,from the pre-war years to the goivernemnt of Vichy, the Occupation, the Resistance and Liberation. Douglas Johnson, TLS`important new studyJohn Crossland, The Sunday Times`written forcibly and clearlyDouglas Johnson, Times Literary Supplement`In a sense it is all in this book, which will become the standard manual for students and teachers alike.Robert Gildea, Reviews in History`Jackson does this with his usual good judgement, framing the book with the debates of historians at the beginning and the construction of collective memories at the end. His conclusion, wisely if tentatively, is that the French past must be faced in all its contradictions and complexity.Robert Gildea, Reviews in History`a powerful contribution to the historiography...it also a pleasurable read: judicious, well crafted, always with an eye for the telling quotation or anecdote.Robert Gildea, Reviews in History`Julian Jackson has now gone a long way to illuminating for an English readership what the French call "the dark years".John Crossland, The Sunday Times`wide-ranging ... The story is regularly enriched by nuggets of unexpected information.Patrick Marnham, Spectator, 7 July 2001`there will probably never be a more thorough and detailed account of what happened to France and the French during the Nazi occupation between 1940 and 1944 ... By its end the reader has the clearest possible picture not just of those dark years, but of the forces at work in French society and politics in the years leading up to them, and of the aftermath once liberation was achieved ... This is a brilliant book, but for anyone cherishing ideals of Frenchheroism, it will prove a painful one.Simon Heffer, Country Life, 12 July 2001`Julian Jackson ... has managed to tease the complexities of the occupation into a story that is both ingenious and convincing ... This book consciously eschews the shock tactics so often adopted by Anglo-Saxon historians who write about Vichy ... Mr Jacksons work is careful and sober ... He is particularly good at evoking the dangerous glamour of that small group who dominated artistic and intellectual life in occupied Paris.Economist (UK), 13 July 2001`The story of France in 1940-44 has been told countless times, but never before in English in such full and fascinating detail ... lucid and lively.John Ardagh, Yorkshire Post, 14 June 2001the definitive study of the Occupation years and should be in every French history collection Library Journal (USA)`Jackson thoroughly dissects the multilayed complexities of a nation at war with itself and shows how, in the final analysis, it was the persevering spirit of the average French citizen that prevailed during those dark years. Jacksons reputation for meticulous scholarship is quite evident in this latest work, which supplants JP Azemas From Munich to Liberation (Cambridge UP) as the definitive study on the Occupation.Library Journal (USA) 07/01`easy to read ... the supporting details and quotations are well chosen and interesting.David Pryce-Jones, Literary Review Promotional A major new book on the history of WWII Prizes Short-listed for L.A. Times Book Prize (History) 2001 Long Description In this monumental new account of the Vichy years, Julian Jackson examines French experiences of Occupation during the Black Years of 1940-4. Pulling together previously separate histories of occupation, resistance, and collaboration he presents a definitive history of the period. This is a more complex history than the traditional dichotomy between collaboration and resistance, one in which the ideological frontiers between Vichy and the Resistance wereoften blurred. This study ranges from the politics of Marshal Pétains regime to the experiences of the ordinary French people, from surrender in 1940 to the purges of liberation. The author restores the organized Resistance to a more central role than has been customary in recent years and presentsa new social history of the resistance which takes in the roles of foreigners, women, Jews, and peasants. He uncovers the long term roots of the Vichy regime in political and social conflict and cultural crisis stretching back to the Great War and concludes by tracing the lasting legacy and memory of Occupation since 1945. Review Text The Times non-fiction round up Books of the Year 2001 by Iain FinlaysonSunday Times Christmas (the year?) round-upIn a single volume, written forcibly and clearly, he has survey the whole subject,from the pre-war years to the goivernemnt of Vichy, the Occupation, the Resistance and Liberation. Douglas Johnson, TLS`important new studyJohn Crossland, The Sunday Times`written forcibly and clearlyDouglas Johnson, Times Literary Supplement`In a sense it is all in this book, which will become the standard manual for students and teachers alike.Robert Gildea, Reviews in History`Jackson does this with his usual good judgement, framing the book with the debates of historians at the beginning and the construction of collective memories at the end. His conclusion, wisely if tentatively, is that the French past must be faced in all its contradictions and complexity.Robert Gildea, Reviews in History`a powerful contribution to the historiography...it also a pleasurable read: judicious, well crafted, always with an eye for the telling quotation or anecdote.Robert Gildea, Reviews in History`Julian Jackson has now gone a long way to illuminating for an English readership what the French call "the dark years".John Crossland, The Sunday Times`wide-ranging ... The story is regularly enriched by nuggets of unexpected information.Patrick Marnham, Spectator, 7 July 2001`there will probably never be a more thorough and detailed account of what happened to France and the French during the Nazi occupation between 1940 and 1944 ... By its end the reader has the clearest possible picture not just of those dark years, but of the forces at work in French society and politics in the years leading up to them, and of the aftermath once liberation was achieved ... This is a brilliant book, but for anyone cherishing ideals of Frenchheroism, it will prove a painful one.Simon Heffer, Country Life, 12 July 2001`Julian Jackson ... has managed to tease the complexities of the occupation into a story that is both ingenious and convincing ... This book consciously eschews the shock tactics so often adopted by Anglo-Saxon historians who write about Vichy ... Mr Jacksons work is careful and sober ... He is particularly good at evoking the dangerous glamour of that small group who dominated artistic and intellectual life in occupied Paris.Economist (UK), 13 July 2001`The story of France in 1940-44 has been told countless times, but never before in English in such full and fascinating detail ... lucid and lively.John Ardagh, Yorkshire Post, 14 June 2001the definitive study of the Occupation years and should be in every French history collection Library Journal (USA)`Jackson thoroughly dissects the multilayed complexities of a nation at war with itself and shows how, in the final analysis, it was the persevering spirit of the average French citizen that prevailed during those dark years. Jacksons reputation for meticulous scholarship is quite evident in this latest work, which supplants JP Azemas From Munich to Liberation (Cambridge UP) as the definitive study on the Occupation.Library Journal (USA) 07/01`easy to read ... the supporting details and quotations are well chosen and interesting.David Pryce-Jones, Literary Review Review Quote written forcibly and clearlyDouglas Johnson, Times Literary Supplement Feature The first comprehensive study in English of the Vichy regime for 25 yearsFocuses on the social impact of the Vichy regime - lifing standards, wages, working hours, cinema, artPuts Vichy in context: extensive material on how the dark years came aboutControversial and detailed on the Resistance Details ISBN0198207069 Author Julian Jackson Short Title FRANCE THE DARK YEARS 1940-194 Language English ISBN-10 0198207069 ISBN-13 9780198207061 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2001 Series Modern World S. Imprint Oxford University Press Subtitle The Dark Years, 1940-1944 Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Residence US Birth 1954 Affiliation University of Swansea UK Release Date 2001-04-26 AU Release Date 2001-04-26 NZ Release Date 2001-04-26 Illustrations 3 maps Pages 684 Publisher Oxford University Press Publication Date 2001-04-26 Alternative 9780199254576 DEWEY 944.0816 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:97825848;

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