Items related to The Purge: The Purification of the French Collaborators...
Synopsis
Describes the violent vengeance of the French Resistance upon the French collaborators and intelligentsia--those who wrote books and plays supporting Germany--after the Allied forces liberated France of German rule
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
From Publishers Weekly
Lottman, an American who lives in France (and is PW's international correspondent) has in his past three books, including this one, been creating a major work of French history: examining the state of the country just before, during, and immediately after World War II. This is tricky ground for a French historian, and Lottman's objectivity, patient research and plain lack of axes to grind, suit him ideally to the task. The present book, following The Left Bank and Petain, deals with the trials and punishment of French collaborators with both the Nazis and the Vichy regime, in the wake of the 1944 Liberation. Legends have grown up about lynch law, hasty and unjust executions, thousands of lives ruined as vengeful Resistance fighters and returning Free French turned on those who had been too friendly to the occupying forces. The reality, as Lottman shows in painstaking detail, was that organized justice was surprisingly swift in returning to France, that French jailings and executions were fewer, comparatively, than in some neighboring countries, and that eventual amnesties as wartime tempers cooled brought many of those condemned to indignite nationale back into French life. The Purge is a thorough, careful historical record rather than an easy, dramatic read; but it was clearly a difficult task that has been accomplished with great care. Photos not seen by PW.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Lottman ( Albert Camus, Petain), an author and journalist, focuses on a still controversial issue in contemporary France. Was justice done when patriotic Frenchmen and Frenchwomen punished those who had aided the Germans? As his careful sifting of archives and newspapers indicates, random violence and vigilante justice did sometimes result in retribution against innocent people. On balance, however, Lottman demonstrates that the official judicial system operated impartially and often with compassion. Rather than berating themselves for the excesses of the purge, Lottman argues that, considering the horrors of the Occupation, the French should congratulate themselves on their behavior in the year after the liberation. Recommended for academic and larger public libraries.Ann H. Sullivan, Tompkins Cortland Community Coll. Lib., Dryden,
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherWilliam Morrow & Co
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 0688049400
- ISBN 13 9780688049409
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages332
- Rating
Search results for The Purge: The Purification of the French Collaborators...
Stock Image
The Purge: The Purification of the French Collaborators After World War II
Published by
William Morrow & Co, 1986
ISBN 10: 0688049400
ISBN 13: 9780688049409
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Jackson Street Booksellers, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket. 1st Printing. Seller Inventory # 158708
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
The Purge: The Purification of French Collaborators after World War II (The People's Anger)
Published by
Morrow, N.Y., 1986
ISBN 10: 0688049400
ISBN 13: 9780688049409
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Kisselburg Military Books, Potomac, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First. nice copy. Seller Inventory # 003202
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
The Purge
Published by
William Morrow and Company, Inc, New York, 1986
ISBN 10: 0688049400
ISBN 13: 9780688049409
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. 25 cm. 332, [2] pages. Notes. Index. , front DJ flap price clipped. Slight wear and soiling to DJ. Herbert Lottman (August 16, 1927, Brooklyn - August 27, 2014, Paris) was an American author who specialized in writing biographies on French subjects. An influential biographer, he published 17 biographies, 15 of which were related to French culture, commerce, or politics; including works on Albert Camus, Colette, Gustave Flaubert, Henri Philippe PÃ tain, Jules Verne, and the Rothschild banking family of France. He wrote that, just before dying, Albert Camus was pledged to marry. Camus's estate tried to block his book, partly because of this controversial statement. Lottman graduated from New York University in 1948 with degrees in English and biology. He won a Fulbright Scholarship which enabled him to pursue further studies in Paris. There he met and married his first wife Michele before returning to New York to attend graduate school at Columbia University; graduating with a Masters in English in 1951. In 1956 Lottman moved to Paris where he briefly attempted to pursue a career as a novelist. He ultimately settled on managing the Paris branch of the publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux, writing freelance articles for magazines, and working as a biographer, publishing his first book, Detours From the Grand Tour, in 1970. He also worked for Publishers Weekly as a writer for four decades. This work is about the purification of French collaborators after World War II. Derived from a Publishers Weekly article: Lottman, an American who lives in France (and is PW's international correspondent) has in his past three books, including this one, been creating a major work of French history: examining the state of the country just before, during, and immediately after World War II. This is difficult ground for a French historian, and Lottman's objectivity, patient research and plain lack of axes to grind, suit him ideally to the task. The present book, following The Left Bank and Petain, deals with the trials and punishment of French collaborators with both the Nazis and the Vichy regime, in the wake of the 1944 Liberation. Legends have grown up about lynch law, hasty and unjust executions, thousands of lives ruined as vengeful Resistance fighters and returning Free French turned on those who had been too friendly to the occupying forces. The reality, as Lottman shows in painstaking detail, was that organized justice was surprisingly swift in returning to France, that French jailings and executions were fewer, comparatively, than in some neighboring countries, and that eventual amnesties as wartime tempers cooled brought many of those condemned to indignite nationale back into French life. The Purge is a thorough, careful historical record rather than an easy, dramatic read; but it was clearly a difficult task that has been accomplished with great care. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Seller Inventory # 26724
Quantity: 2 available
Stock Image
The Purge: The Purification of the French Collaborators After World War II
Seller: Grumpys Fine Books, Tijeras, NM, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: very good. little wear and tear. Seller Inventory # Grumpy0688049400
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
The Purge: The Purification of the French Collaborators After World War II
Seller: The Book Spot, Sioux Falls, MN, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # Abebooks102084
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
The Purge: The Purification of the French Collaborators After World War II
Seller: Grumpys Fine Books, Tijeras, NM, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: new. Prompt service guaranteed. Seller Inventory # Clean0688049400
Quantity: 1 available