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Marc Bloch wrote Strange Defeat during the three months following the fall of France after he returned home from military service In the midst of his anguish he nevertheless brought to his study of the crisis all the critical faculty and all the penetrating analysis of a first rate historian Christian Science Monitor Bloch takes a close look at the military failures he witnessed examining why France was unable to respond to attack quickly and effectively He gives a personal account of the battle of France followed by a biting analysis of the generation between the wars His harsh conclusion is that the immediate cause of the disaster was the utter incompetence of the High Command but his analysis ranges broadly appraising all the factors social as well as military which since 1870 had undermined French national solidarity Much has been and will be written in explanation of the defeat of France in 1940 but it seems unlikely that the truth of the matter will ever be more accurately and more vividly presented than in this statement of evidence P J Philip New York Times Book Review The most wisdom packed commentary on the problem set before all intelligent and patriotic Frenchmen by the events of 1940 D W Brogan Spectator
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About the Author:
Marc Bloch was a French historian who cofounded the Annales School of French social history. He was captured and shot by the Gestapo in 1944 for his work with the French Resistance.
Review:
Much has been, and will be, written in explanation of the defeat of France in 1940, but it seems unlikely that the truth of the matter will ever be more accurately and more vividly presented than in this statement of evidence. -- P. J. Philip, New York Times Book Review
The most wisdom-packed commentary on the problem set [before] all intelligent and patriotic Frenchmen by the events of 1940. -- D. W. Brogan, Spectator
The most wisdom-packed commentary on the problem set [before] all intelligent and patriotic Frenchmen by the events of 1940. -- D. W. Brogan, Spectator
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- PublisherImportant Books
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 8087830830
- ISBN 13 9788087830833
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages134
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