Occupation

The Ordeal of France 1940-1944

Published by Cooper Square Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

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France was slow and somewhat ineffectual in organizing resistance movement. In Occupation Ian Ousby challenges the myth that France was liberated " by the whole of France." The author explores the Nazi occupation of France with superb detail and eyewitness accounts that range from famous figures like Simone de Beauvoir, Charles de Gaulle, Andre Gide, Jean-Paul Sartre and Gertrude Stein to ordinary citizens, forgotten heroes and traitors.

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  • Publisher: Cooper Square Press (April 3, 2000)
  • Length: 384 pages
  • ISBN13: 9780815410430

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Unflinching.

– Publishers Weekly

A well-written, carefully researched, often fascinating story.

– Kirkus Reviews

[A] lively history of the Occupation in its various aspects—social, cultural, political, and military....[A] riveting and highly readable narrative.

– Library Journal

The German occupation of France during World War II is considered one of the most shameful episodes of modern history....Well researched without being scholarly, Occupation is highly perceptive in its analysis of France's political convulsions and major Vichy figures.

– The New York Times Book Review

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