When France fell : the Vichy crisis and the fate of the Anglo-American alliance
Michael S. Neiberg
Bok · Engelsk · 2021
| Omfang | 312 sider : illustrasjoner (svart/hvitt)
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| Opplysninger | Introduction: A fight for love and glory -- We'll always have Paris: the Nazis march in -- A hill of beans in this crazy world: America's new insecurity -- No good at being noble: the Vichy quandary -- We mustn't underestimate American blundering: Britain's imperial insecurity -- They're asleep in New York: the Allies look for answers -- A beautiful friendship? The invasion of French North Africa -- Round up the usual suspects: assassination in Algiers -- Conclusion: As time goes by.. - "The fall of France in 1940 panicked US leaders, leading to their fateful decision to recognize the pro-Nazi Vichy government. Michael S. Neiberg takes readers back to the fraught early years of World War II, when America's misguided policy on Vichy alienated its British ally and ensured tensions with Charles de Gaulle and the postwar French Republic"--
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| Geografisk emneord | France - United States. - Foreign relations . - France - History . - France - Politics and government . - Great Britain - United States. - Foreign relations . - United States - Foreign relations . - United States - France. - Foreign relations . - United States - Great Britain. - Foreign relations . - Frankrike . - Storbritannia . - USA
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| ISBN | 9780674258563
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