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Marianne in Chains: Everyday Life in the French Heartland Under the German Occupation
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Title: Marianne in Chains: Everyday Life in the French Heartland Under the German Occupation
Author: Gildea, Robert
ISBN: 9780805071689
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Published: 2003
Binding: Book
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good
Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
European History 1402576
Publisher Description:
A startling and original view of the occupation of the French heartland, based on a new investigation of everyday life under Nazi rule
In France, the German occupation is called simply the "dark years." There were only the "good French" who resisted and the "bad French" who collaborated. "Marianne in Chains," a broad and provocative history, uncovers a rather different story, one in which the truth is more complex and humane.
Drawing on previously unseen archives, firsthand interviews, diaries, and eyewitness accounts, Robert Gildea reveals everyday life in the heart of occupied France. He describes the pressing imperatives of work, food, transportation, and family obligations that led to unavoidable compromise and negotiation with the army of occupation. In the process, he sheds light on such subjects as forced labor, the role of the Catholic Church, the "horizontal collaboration" between French women and German soldiers, and, most surprisingly, the ambivalent attitude of ordinary people toward the Resistance.
A great work of reconstruction, "Marianne in Chains" provides a clear view, unobscured by romance or polemics, of the painful ambiguities of living under tyranny.
Author: Gildea, Robert
ISBN: 9780805071689
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Published: 2003
Binding: Book
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good
Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
European History 1402576
Publisher Description:
A startling and original view of the occupation of the French heartland, based on a new investigation of everyday life under Nazi rule
In France, the German occupation is called simply the "dark years." There were only the "good French" who resisted and the "bad French" who collaborated. "Marianne in Chains," a broad and provocative history, uncovers a rather different story, one in which the truth is more complex and humane.
Drawing on previously unseen archives, firsthand interviews, diaries, and eyewitness accounts, Robert Gildea reveals everyday life in the heart of occupied France. He describes the pressing imperatives of work, food, transportation, and family obligations that led to unavoidable compromise and negotiation with the army of occupation. In the process, he sheds light on such subjects as forced labor, the role of the Catholic Church, the "horizontal collaboration" between French women and German soldiers, and, most surprisingly, the ambivalent attitude of ordinary people toward the Resistance.
A great work of reconstruction, "Marianne in Chains" provides a clear view, unobscured by romance or polemics, of the painful ambiguities of living under tyranny.
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