Occupation: Ordeal of France, 1940-44 - Couverture rigide

Ousby, Ian

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0719556708 ISBN 13 : 9780719556708

Editeur : John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1997

Synopsis

Presenting the complex, human side of the Nazi occupation of France, this book also examines the selfishness, cowardice and even private malice that played parts as great as courage and idealism. This left a poisoned memory, but, the book asks, who can claim they would have done better?

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"A brilliantly written book, the first history - social and cultural as well as political and military - of the Occupation to be published in English for the general reader." (Peter Walker Independent on Sunday)

"The first such study in English...long-overdue, informed, sensitive, balanced and insightful...Ousby carefully delineates the causes and consequences...seeking neither to blame nor praise but, in the best traditions of biography - and this is virtually a political biography of a nation in trauma - seeking to understand...A work of judicious empathy and calm, persuasive moral authority. We who were not there should be grateful." (Alan Judd Sunday Times)

"A compelling account...His book is a valuable distillation culled from the vast amount of literature on the subject available in French, and it provides a wealth of intriguing detail about daily life and contemporary attitudes." (Euan Cameron Independent)

"He has a gift for evoking concretely how life was lived and how the world looked...A reliable and moving evocation of the dilemmas of ordinary life during France's most unendurable years." (Robert O. Paxton Times Literary Supplement)

Biographie de l'auteur

Ian Ousby wrote widely on subjects both English and French. His recent books include The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English and Occupation: The Ordeal of France 1940-1944, which won the 1997 Edith McLeod Literary Prize, given annually to the British book which 'has contributed most to Franco-British understanding', and the 1997 Stern Silver PEN Award for Non-fiction. He died in August 2001.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Murray Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0719556708
• ISBN 13: 9780719556708
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 363
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible