When France fell : the Vichy crisis and the fate of the Anglo-American alliance / Michael S. Neiberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neiberg, Michael S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780674270107

067427010X

9780674270114

0674270118

OCLC:

1269427614