Author: Anthony Clayton
Publisher: Brassey's
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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"Three Marshals of France is a biography of Alphonse Juin, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny and Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque--three outstanding French commanders all created Marshal by the Fourth Republic after successful campaigns in the Second World War and important commands in the post-war years." "Set against the backdrop of a fragile empire stretching from the Maghreb to Indochina, it is also the history of a whole generation of Frenchmen traumatised by the debacle of May-June 1940 and divided by allegiance to Petain or de Gaulle. Anthony Clayton's examination of the passion displayed in the Marshals highlights the tensions and divisions of a nation during these troubled years, providing at the same time a captivating story of three truly charismatic men." "Each a special mixture of Cartesian rationality, firm Christian beliefs and volatile emotions, their complex characters at times proved unfathomable to the Allied commanders who fought alongside them. Yet their reckless courage and great generosity endeared them both to their fellow generals and the men in their command." "These powerful personalities do not, however, in any way dilute what is also an illuminating study of the general's art. All three, to some extent, followed Marshal Lyautey's philosophy that the officer's role extended beyond simple tactical ability to much wider social and national responsibilities for the moral and physical welfare of the troops below him; all three followed Foch's closely reasoned and pragmatic approach to problem solving with its emphasis on imagination." "A welcome corrective to the Anglo-American bias that has played down the contribution of the French forces in the Second World War, Three Marshals of France is a compelling tale of three remarkable men and their pivotal role in the rebirth of a nation."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author: R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 444
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Author: Fenton Bresler
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780006388142
Category : Emperors
Languages : en
Pages : 438
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Prince Louis Napoleon was born with a compelling sense of destiny. The eldest nephew of Bonaparte, he came from exile and ignominy to rule France, first as President then as Emperor for 22 years, from 1848 to 1870. Under his benevolent dictatorship, the nation grew in artistic fulfilment, industrial wealth and international influence - until catastrophic defeat at the hands of Bismarck in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 cast her back into the shadows.
Author: Brigitte Granville
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0228006961
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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As evidenced by the yellow vests protest movement that began in France in 2018, the state of the French nation inspires gloom among many of its citizens. Brigitte Granville views this malaise as a peculiarly French symptom of the difficulties experienced by many advanced industrial democracies in the face of globalization, technology, and mass immigration. Granville brings trenchant criticism to bear in this wide-ranging survey of the political economy of contemporary France, building her case for the prosecution on the self-reinforcing rigidity produced by a narrow Parisian oligarchy that is both entitled and intellectually hidebound. What Ails France? applies an economist's vision to the monetary and fiscal pathologies flowing from this ideologically motivated technocratic rule, reflected in Europe's flawed monetary union, runaway indebtedness, and chronically high structural unemployment. The author marshals academic research from a wide range of disciplines to fuel a provocative and at times contentious analysis, proposing various treatments for French ailments that would reinvigorate the republican value of liberté with a new local slant. A refreshing, ideologically freewheeling discussion, What Ails France? provides a positive take on the innovations of our digital age, exploring their potential to bring about a more representative democracy and a fairer society.
![Galliæ Notitia; or, the Present State of France ... Translated from the last edition of the French [i.e. “L'État de la France,” edited by N. Besongne]. Enriched with additional observations and remarks of the New Compiler ... By R. W. [i.e. R. Wolley.] PDF](https://books.google.com/books/content/images/frontcover/Mg1lAAAAcAAJ?fife=w80-h100)
Author: France
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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Author: Adolphe Thiers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 562
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Author: Michael V. Leggiere
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316347869
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 706
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This book tells the story of the invasion of France at the twilight of Napoleon's empire. With more than a million men under arms throughout central Europe, Coalition forces poured over the Rhine River to invade France between late November 1813 and early January 1814. Three principal army groups drove across the great German landmark, smashing the exhausted French forces that attempted to defend the eastern frontier. In less than a month, French forces ingloriously retreated from the Rhine to the Marne; Allied forces were within one week of reaching Paris. This book provides the first complete English-language study of the invasion of France along a front that extended from Holland to Switzerland.
Author: Williston Walker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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Author: Rev. Alexander Mackay (LL.D.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 716
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Author: Alexander Mackay
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 714
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