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End of the Affair : The Collapse of the Anglo-French Alliance, 1939 - 40 / Eleanor M. Gates.
De Gruyter University of California Press eBook-Package Archive Pre-2000 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gates, Eleanor M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- France--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- France.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (658 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1981]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1981.
- Contents:
- End of the Affair
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations Used in Appendices and Notes
- Comincia la Commedia
- The Separate Slide Over the Precipice
- The Reluctant Allies
- Slouching into War: Poland
- The Politics of Pessimism
- Disparities, Divisions, and the Search for Diversions
- Finland: The Alliance Makes Its Debut
- Dress Rehearsal in Norway
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- The Allied Balance Sheet
- Tightening the Knot
- I. Trial by Fire in the North (May 10-June 4)
- Breakthrough on the Meuse
- The Battle for Air Support
- The Looming Contingency
- Paper Tiger: The Counterattack Manqué
- A Chill Descends
- Giving Up the Ghost
- Dunkirk
- II. The Growing Rift Between the Allies (May 15-June 12)
- "A Certain Eventuality"
- The French Temptation
- The Problem Posed
- May 26: The Crisis Contained
- Stiffening the French
- Always Hungry, Always Asking for More
- The Battle Lost
- III. Crisis Over the Armistice (June 12 - June 16)
- The Opening Phase: June 12
- Paul Reynaud at Tours: June 13
- Cangé II: June 13
- June 14: Dangerous Moves
- The Slide Downhill: June 15
- June 16: Britain's Conditional Acceptance
- June 16: The Proposal of Union
- The Government's Collapse
- IV. The Question of the French Fleet (June 17- June 22)
- The Telegrams Resurface
- Promises, Promises
- To Leave or Not to Leave
- The Bordeaux Conversations
- Hitler's Terms
- Sir Ronald's Vigil- Diplomatic Confusion
- Diplomatic Conclusions
- V. Towards a Final Break (June 17-July 4)
- The Politics of Intimidation
- North Africa: Its Role in British Policy
- North Africa: The French View
- Caution Cast Off
- Straws in the Wind
- The Enigma of Admiral Darlan
- British Planning and the French Fleet
- Operation Catapult
- Mers-el-Kébir: Analysis and Aftermath
- End of the Affair
- When All Is Said and Done
- The Nature of the Problem
- Resolution and Inevitability
- Appendices
- A. Leopold's Surrender
- B. Churchill, Weygand, and the Breton Redoubt
- C. Mme Hélène de Portes
- D. Reynaud's Last Appeal to Roosevelt
- E. The Possibility of a Coup in Bordeaux
- F. Behind the Chautemps Proposal
- G. The Case of the Elusive Telegrams
- H. Reynaud's Cabinet- Rundown on the Armistice
- I. Reynaud's Resignation
- J. Reynaud and the American Embassy
- K. The Republic's Three Presidents
- L. Churchill Roosevelt and the British Fleet
- Notes and References
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780520313712
- 0520313712
- OCLC:
- 1149474356
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