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France On Trial
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Author : Julian Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2023-06-15
France On Trial written by Julian Jackson and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-15 with History categories.
One of the great contemporary historians of France on one of the most controversial periods of twentieth-century French history Few images more shocked the French population during the Occupation than the photograph of Marshal Philippe Pétain - the great French hero of the First World War - shaking the hand of Hitler on 20 October 1940. In a radio speech after this meeting, Pétain told the French people that he was 'entering down the road of collaboration'. He ended with the words: 'This is my policy. My ministers are responsible to me. It is I alone who will be judged by History.' Five years later, in July 1945, the hour of judgement - if not yet the judgement of History - arrived. Pétain was brought before a specially created High Court to answer for his conduct between the signing of the armistice with Germany in June 1940 and the Liberation of France in August 1944. Julian Jackson uses Pétain's three-week trial as a lens through which to examine the central crisis of twentieth-century French history - the defeat of 1940, the signing of the armistice and Vichy's policy of collaboration - what the main prosecutor Mornet called 'four years to erase from our history'. As head of the Vichy regime in the Second, Pétain became one of France's most notorious public figures, and the lightening-rod for collective guilt and retribution immediately after the Second World War. In France on Trial Jackson blends politics and personal drama to explore how different national factions sought to try to claim the past, or establish their interpretation of it, as a way of claiming the present and future.
France On Trial
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Author : Julian Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2023-08-22
France On Trial written by Julian Jackson and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-22 with History categories.
For three weeks in July 1945 all eyes were fixed on a humid Paris, where France’s disgraced former head of state was on trial, accused of masterminding a plot to overthrow democracy. Would Philippe Pétain, hero of Verdun, be condemned as the traitor of Vichy? In the terrible month of October 1940, few things were more shocking than the sight of Marshal Philippe Pétain—supremely decorated hero of the First World War, now head of the French government—shaking hands with Hitler. Pausing to look at the cameras, Pétain announced that France would henceforth collaborate with Germany. “This is my policy,” he intoned. “My ministers are responsible to me. It is I alone who will be judged by History.” Five years later, in July 1945, after a wave of violent reprisals following the liberation of Paris, Pétain was put on trial for his conduct during the war. He stood accused of treason, charged with heading a conspiracy to destroy France’s democratic government and collaborating with Nazi Germany. The defense claimed he had sacrificed his personal honor to save France and insisted he had shielded the French people from the full scope of Nazi repression. Former resisters called for the death penalty, but many identified with this conservative military hero who had promised peace with dignity. The award-winning author of a landmark biography of Charles de Gaulle, Julian Jackson uses Pétain’s three-week trial as a lens through which to examine one of history’s great moral dilemmas. Was the policy of collaboration “four years to erase from our history,” as the prosecution claimed? Or was it, as conservative politicians insist to this day, a sacrifice that placed pragmatism above moral purity? As head of the Vichy regime, Pétain became the lightning rod for collective guilt and retribution. But he has also been an icon of the nationalist right ever since. In France on Trial, Jackson blends courtroom drama, political intrigue, and brilliant narrative history to highlight the hard choices and moral compromises leaders make in times of war.
The Trial Of Pierre Laval
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Author : J. Kenneth Brody
language : en
Publisher: Transaction Pub
Release Date : 2010
The Trial Of Pierre Laval written by J. Kenneth Brody and has been published by Transaction Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
In a stunning work combining historical memory, legal ambiguity, and profound issues of justice, J. Kenneth Brody provides a picture of France in World War II that continues to haunt the present. Architect in 1940 of Marshal Petain's Vichy French regime and its prime minister from April 1942 to August 1944, at war's end Pierre Laval was promptly arrested on charges of treason. This book tells the story of his trial. Did he betray France, or did he serve France under terrible circumstances? What was the truth of "collaboration"? This book considers the pretrial proceedings, or lack thereof, the evidence, and the arguments of the prosecution, as well as Laval's vigorous defense in the early days of the trial. Because of irregularities in the preliminary proceedings, Laval's defense counsel declined from the outset to participate in the trial. For those reasons and because of the prejudicial conduct of the prosecution, on the third day of the trial, Pierre Laval also declined to participate further. What his defense might have been in a normal pre-trial proceeding and in a fair trial are matters of conjecture. What remains clear is that political trials are a unique form of law and moral judgment. Trials and history share a common goal-the truth. Trial, judgment, and appeal are intended to produce finality. History, on the other hand, is never final. After its performance in the trial of Pierre Laval, the government of France continued its policy of concealment, even though the truth could no longer determine the outcome of the trial. Slowly, by persistence, courage, and loyalty, history's claims to truth were established. This book presents the defense that might have been presented and then relates the final judgment, its grisly execution only eleven days after the trial opened, and its aftermath.
The Trial Of Pierre Laval
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Author : J. Kenneth Brody
language : en
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
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The Trial Of Pierre Laval written by J. Kenneth Brody and has been published by Transaction Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with History categories.
In a stunning work combining historical memory, legal ambiguity, and profound issues of justice, J. Kenneth Brody provides a picture of France in World War II that continues to haunt the present. Architect in 1940 of Marshal Petain's Vichy French regime and its prime minister from April 1942 to August 1944, at war's end Pierre Laval was promptly arrested on charges of treason. This book tells the story of his trial. Did he betray France, or did he serve France under terrible circumstances? What was the truth of "collaboration"? This book considers the pretrial proceedings, or lack thereof, the evidence, and the arguments of the prosecution, as well as Laval's vigorous defense in the early days of the trial. Because of irregularities in the preliminary proceedings, Laval's defense counsel declined from the outset to participate in the trial. For those reasons and because of the prejudicial conduct of the prosecution, on the third day of the trial, Pierre Laval also declined to participate further. What his defense might have been in a normal pre-trial proceeding and in a fair trial are matters of conjecture. What remains clear is that political trials are a unique form of law and moral judgment. Trials and history share a common goal-the truth. Trial, judgment, and appeal are intended to produce finality. History, on the other hand, is never final. After its performance in the trial of Pierre Laval, the government of France continued its policy of concealment, even though the truth could no longer determine the outcome of the trial. Slowly, by persistence, courage, and loyalty, history's claims to truth were established. This book presents the defense that might have been presented and then relates the final judgment, its grisly execution only eleven days after the trial opened, and its aftermath. J. Kenneth Brody was a World War II naval officer aboard destroyers in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Pacific theaters. He practiced law in Seattle and was executive vice president of a Fortune 500 company, retiring to write the history of his era. He is the author of The Avoidable War (two volumes) and the editor of Yale, A Celebration.
The Family On Trial In Revolutionary France
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Author : Suzanne Desan
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2006-06-19
The Family On Trial In Revolutionary France written by Suzanne Desan and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06-19 with History categories.
Annotation A sophisticated and groundbreaking book on what women actually did and what actually happened to them during the French Revolution.
The King S Trial
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Author : David P. Jordan
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2004-03
The King S Trial written by David P. Jordan and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A great read about an important incident in French history, the trail and execution of the last king of France.
The Collaborator
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Author : Alice Kaplan
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2000-04-20
The Collaborator written by Alice Kaplan and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-04-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Relates the story of the only French writer to be executed for treason during World War II, from his rise during the 1930s to his trial and death in front of a firing squad.
The Trial Of Marshal P Tain
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Author : Jules Roy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
The Trial Of Marshal P Tain written by Jules Roy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with France categories.
On the smoldering afternoon of July 23, 1945, in the imposing First Chamber of the Palais de Justice in Paris, in the presence of lawyers, politicians, leaders of the Resistance, and guards with submachine guns, Marshal Pétain went on trial for his life and the honor of France. The charge was treason. Twenty years later, Jules Roy (who had been loyal to Pétain in the early years of the collaboration with Hitler) for his own peace of mind went back to the records to discover where guilt should be assigned. This dramatic re-creation of the trial is the result.
The Late State Prosecution In France The Trial Of M Le Comte De Montalembert And M Douniol From The Times
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1858
The Late State Prosecution In France The Trial Of M Le Comte De Montalembert And M Douniol From The Times written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1858 with categories.
The Papon Affair
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Author : Richard Joseph Golsan
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2000
The Papon Affair written by Richard Joseph Golsan and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.