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The French Resistance
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Author : Olivier Wieviorka
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2016-04-26
The French Resistance written by Olivier Wieviorka 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 2016-04-26 with History categories.
Olivier Wieviorka’s history of the French Resistance debunks lingering myths and offers fresh insight into social, political, and military aspects of its operation. He reveals not one but many interlocking homegrown groups often at odds over goals, methods, and leadership. Yet, despite a lack of unity, these fighters braved Nazism without blinking.
What Happens In France
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Author : Carol Wyer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-07-11
What Happens In France written by Carol Wyer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-11 with categories.
What Happens In France
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Author : Carol Wyer
language : en
Publisher: Canelo
Release Date : 2019-01-28
What Happens In France written by Carol Wyer and has been published by Canelo this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-28 with Fiction categories.
USA Today–bestselling Author: “A refreshingly different romcom that’s sweet, funny and moving in all the right amounts.” —Victoria Cooke, author of The Holiday Cruise Bryony Masters has been looking for her long-lost sister, Hannah, for years. So when primetime game show What Happens in France calls for new contestants, she spots the ultimate public platform to track down the reality TV-obsessed Hannah, and finally reunite their family. Accompanied by handsome teammate Lewis, Bryony soon finds herself on a private jet heading for the stunning beauty of rural France. But with a social media star dog, a high maintenance quiz host, and a cast of truly unique characters, Bryony and Lewis have their work cut out for them to stay on the show and in the public eye . . . “A hilarious and touching tale.” —Sue Watson, USA Today–bestselling author of Love, Lies and Lemon Cake “Laughs aplenty and a heartwarming read.” —Mandy Baggot, author of Under a Greek Sun “Fantastique and frivolously funny—but for goodness sake, read with a box of tissues. . . ! A sensational story that will sweep you up in spontaneity, sympathy, and endless smiles.” —Isabella May, author of Spin the Bottle “A hugely funny romantic comedy with lots of heartwarming, endearing moments.” —Stardust Book Review
What Happens In France
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Author : Carol Wyer
language : en
Publisher: Canelo
Release Date : 2019-01-28
What Happens In France written by Carol Wyer and has been published by Canelo this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-28 with Fiction categories.
USA Today–bestselling Author: “A refreshingly different romcom that’s sweet, funny and moving in all the right amounts.” —Victoria Cooke, author of The Holiday Cruise Bryony Masters has been looking for her long-lost sister, Hannah, for years. So when primetime game show What Happens in France calls for new contestants, she spots the ultimate public platform to track down the reality TV-obsessed Hannah, and finally reunite their family. Accompanied by handsome teammate Lewis, Bryony soon finds herself on a private jet heading for the stunning beauty of rural France. But with a social media star dog, a high maintenance quiz host, and a cast of truly unique characters, Bryony and Lewis have their work cut out for them to stay on the show and in the public eye . . . “A hilarious and touching tale.” —Sue Watson, USA Today–bestselling author of Love, Lies and Lemon Cake “Laughs aplenty and a heartwarming read.” —Mandy Baggot, author of Under a Greek Sun “Fantastique and frivolously funny—but for goodness sake, read with a box of tissues. . . ! A sensational story that will sweep you up in spontaneity, sympathy, and endless smiles.” —Isabella May, author of Spin the Bottle “A hugely funny romantic comedy with lots of heartwarming, endearing moments.” —Stardust Book Review
As France Goes
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Author : David Schoenbrun
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
As France Goes written by David Schoenbrun and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with France categories.
A Certain Idea Of France
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Author : Julian Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2018-06-18
A Certain Idea Of France written by Julian Jackson and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-18 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, SPECTATOR, FINANCIAL TIMES, TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Masterly ... awesome reading ... an outstanding biography' Max Hastings, Sunday Times The definitive biography of the greatest French statesman of modern times In six weeks in the early summer of 1940, France was over-run by German troops and quickly surrendered. The French government of Marshal Pétain sued for peace and signed an armistice. One little-known junior French general, refusing to accept defeat, made his way to England. On 18 June he spoke to his compatriots over the BBC, urging them to rally to him in London. 'Whatever happens, the flame of French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished.' At that moment, Charles de Gaulle entered into history. For the rest of the war, de Gaulle frequently bit the hand that fed him. He insisted on being treated as the true embodiment of France, and quarrelled violently with Churchill and Roosevelt. He was prickly, stubborn, aloof and self-contained. But through sheer force of personality and bloody-mindedness he managed to have France recognised as one of the victorious Allies, occupying its own zone in defeated Germany. For ten years after 1958 he was President of France's Fifth Republic, which he created and which endures to this day. His pursuit of 'a certain idea of France' challenged American hegemony, took France out of NATO and twice vetoed British entry into the European Community. His controversial decolonization of Algeria brought France to the brink of civil war and provoked several assassination attempts. Julian Jackson's magnificent biography reveals this the life of this titanic figure as never before. It draws on a vast range of published and unpublished memoirs and documents - including the recently opened de Gaulle archives - to show how de Gaulle achieved so much during the War when his resources were so astonishingly few, and how, as President, he put a medium-rank power at the centre of world affairs. No previous biography has depicted his paradoxes so vividly. Much of French politics since his death has been about his legacy, and he remains by far the greatest French leader since Napoleon.
The French Revolution A Very Short Introduction
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Author : William Doyle
language : en
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Release Date : 2001-08-23
The French Revolution A Very Short Introduction written by William Doyle and has been published by Oxford Paperbacks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-08-23 with History categories.
Beginning with a discussion of familiar images of the French Revolution, this work looks at how the ancien régime became ancien as well as examining cases in which achievement failed to match ambition.
French Civilization And Its Discontents
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Author : Tyler Stovall
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2003-10-22
French Civilization And Its Discontents written by Tyler Stovall and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-10-22 with Literary Criticism categories.
What happens when the study of French is no longer coterminous with the study of France? French Civilization and Its Discontents explores the ways in which considerations of difference, especially colonialism, postcolonialism, and race, have shaped French culture and French studies in the modern era. Rejecting traditional assimilationist notions of French national identity, contributors to this groundbreaking volume demonstrate how literature, history, and other aspects of what is considered French civilization have been shaped by global processes of creolization and differentiation. This book ably demonstrates the necessity of studying France and the Francophone world together, and of recognizing not only the presence of France in the Francophone world but also the central place occupied by the Francophone world in world literature and history.
Free France
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Author : Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-10-13
Free France written by Charles River Editors and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-13 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "Whatever happens, the flame of French Resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished." - General Charles de Gaulle, radio broadcast from London, June 18, 1940 "A great man? Why, he's selfish, he's arrogant, he thinks he's the center of the universe...you're right, he's a great man!" - Winston Churchill on General Charles de Gaulle The French Army crumbled swiftly under the powerful blows delivered to it in 1940 by Nazi Germany's confident Wehrmacht. Launching a massive feint into Belgium to lure mobile French armies and the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) away from the actual point of attack, the weakly protected Ardennes Forest, the Germans struck past the Maginot Line. In a lightning campaign, Heinz Guderian's panzers punched through to the coast, dividing Allied forces with a steel cordon across France and forcing the evacuation of the BEF from the port of Dunkirk. French morale collapsed very quickly in the face of the Third Reich's onslaught. The French population had not yet recovered from World War I's immense bloodshed, and many French preferred surrender to a second decimation of their young men. Accordingly, the Germans seized the northern French territories directly, while permitting Marshal Petain, an elderly war hero and right-wing fanatic, to found a rump state centered on Vichy. History dubbed the quasi-independent client state's government the Vichy Regime. Not all French people proved willing to surrender to the Nazi invaders, however. While large numbers "collaborated" - working for German or Vichy companies to provide for themselves or their families - and some wholeheartedly backed the new regime out of opportunism, fascist conviction, or other motivations, many courageous French resisted the Nazis and the quisling Vichy state. "De Gaulle described them as being bound together by a taste for risk and adventure [...] national pride sharpened by the suffering of their nation and 'an overwhelming confidence in the strength and cunning of their own plot'. [...] 'With him, it is [...] serving the Resistance and national honour, uncompromisingly demanding, ' wrote one. 'With him, we would have to get used to breathing the rarefied air of the summits.'" (Fenby, 2012, 109). While all Free French forces shared the same goal - opposition to the Germans their Vichy pawns - they viewed each other with some suspicion and sometimes cooperated only grudgingly. One of the biggest divides ran between the Gaullists (and those who favored de Gaulle simply as a convenient, but temporary, "banner" to provide a unifying influence) and the communists of the PCF (Partie Communiste Francais). De Gaulle and his followers viewed the communists with profound suspicion, believing they harbored a wish for violent revolution and a totalitarian Soviet-aligned state, yet they also needed their paramilitary skills and extraordinarily large cache of weaponry. While de Gaulle's suspicions proved overblown, the communists also tended to overstate their own role. They asserted, for example, that 75,000 communist Resistance members died in the struggle. During the war years, however, the Free French kept the spirit of an independent and defiant France alive, waiting for the opportunity to emerge again, regardless of the precise political beliefs of its members. Free France: The History and Legacy of the Exiled Free French Government during World War II examines the creation of Free France over the course of World War II. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about the Free French like never before.
What S France Got To Do With It
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Author : Juliana de Nooy
language : en
Publisher: ANU Press
Release Date : 2020-07-30
What S France Got To Do With It written by Juliana de Nooy and has been published by ANU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
While only one book-length memoir recounting the sojourn of an Australian in France was published in the 1990s, well over 40 have been published since 2000, overwhelmingly written by women. Although we might expect a focus on travel, intercultural adjustment and communication in these texts, this is the case only in a minority of accounts. More frequently, France serves as a backdrop to a project of self-renovation in which transplantation to another country is incidental, hence the question ‘What’s France got to do with it?’ The book delves into what France represents in the various narratives, its role in the self-transformation, and the reasons for the seemingly insatiable demand among readers and publishers for these stories. It asks why these memoirs have gained such traction among Australian women at the dawn of the twenty-first century and what is at stake in the fascination with France.