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Title: France 1940
Subtitle: Defending the Republic
Author: Philip Nord
Narrator: Sean Runnette
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-05-15
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 9 votes
Genres: History, Military
Publisher's Summary:
In this revisionist account of France's crushing defeat in 1940, Philip Nord argues that the nation's downfall has long been misunderstood. Nord assesses France's diplomatic and military preparations for war with Germany, its conduct of the war once the fighting began, and the political consequences of defeat on the battlefield. Ultimately, he finds that the longstanding view that France's collapse was due to military unpreparedness and a decadent national character is unsupported by fact.
Nord reveals that the Third Republic was no worse prepared and its military failings no less dramatic than those of the United States and other Allies in the early years of the war. What was unique in France was the betrayal by military and political elites who abandoned the Republic and supported the reprehensible Vichy takeover. Why then have historians and politicians ever since interpreted the defeat as a judgment on the nation as a whole? Why has the focus been on the failings of the Third Republic and not on elite betrayal? The author examines these questions in a fascinating conclusion.
Critic Reviews:
"A well thought-out and well-presented book on a thorny problem of European history." (Robert Gildea, author of Marianne in Chains)
Members Reviews:
A much needed revision to oversimplified, partisan historiography
Nord's prose is worthy of congratulation alone. Were it not also for his piercing analysis, one could end the review here. For the sake of the interested reader, it's my pleasure to add that Nord handles the Laval administration and the Reynaud ministry with a balanced, nuanced deconstructive hammer. He demystifies and clarifies how exactly Paris fell in 1940. Gently and respectfully pushing back against Bloch's decline-ist narrative, Nord paints a picture of ruthless fascists taking advantage of a faltering Third Republic.
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Title: France 1940
Subtitle: Defending the Republic
Author: Philip Nord
Narrator: Sean Runnette
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-05-15
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 9 votes
Genres: History, Military
Publisher's Summary:
In this revisionist account of France's crushing defeat in 1940, Philip Nord argues that the nation's downfall has long been misunderstood. Nord assesses France's diplomatic and military preparations for war with Germany, its conduct of the war once the fighting began, and the political consequences of defeat on the battlefield. Ultimately, he finds that the longstanding view that France's collapse was due to military unpreparedness and a decadent national character is unsupported by fact.
Nord reveals that the Third Republic was no worse prepared and its military failings no less dramatic than those of the United States and other Allies in the early years of the war. What was unique in France was the betrayal by military and political elites who abandoned the Republic and supported the reprehensible Vichy takeover. Why then have historians and politicians ever since interpreted the defeat as a judgment on the nation as a whole? Why has the focus been on the failings of the Third Republic and not on elite betrayal? The author examines these questions in a fascinating conclusion.
Critic Reviews:
"A well thought-out and well-presented book on a thorny problem of European history." (Robert Gildea, author of Marianne in Chains)
Members Reviews:
A much needed revision to oversimplified, partisan historiography
Nord's prose is worthy of congratulation alone. Were it not also for his piercing analysis, one could end the review here. For the sake of the interested reader, it's my pleasure to add that Nord handles the Laval administration and the Reynaud ministry with a balanced, nuanced deconstructive hammer. He demystifies and clarifies how exactly Paris fell in 1940. Gently and respectfully pushing back against Bloch's decline-ist narrative, Nord paints a picture of ruthless fascists taking advantage of a faltering Third Republic.