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Anglo-American policy towards the free French

Title
Anglo-American policy towards the free French / G.E. Maguire.
Author
Maguire, G. E.
Publication
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1995.

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x, 210 pages; 22 cm.
Summary
  • In June 1940 Charles de Gaulle, the little-known Under-Secretary of Defence in the last undoubtedly legitimate government of the Third French Republic, rejected the Franco-German Armistice and fled to London in order to recreate a Free France. He became the leader of a tiny dissident movement that was almost entirely funded by the British government. However, four years later this movement had grown into the broad-based and popularly supported Provisional Government of France.
  • This amazing transformation took place largely through British and American assistance.
  • This book examines how Anglo-American policy toward the Free French was decided and how it was affected by tensions both with the French and between the two English-speaking Allies. It tries to explain the differing attitudes of Britain and the United States and how they were reconciled to shape a more or less common policy. It is also the story of the men who made that policy, and particularly of Churchill, Roosevelt and de Gaulle.
Series Statement
St. Antony's/Macmillan series
Uniform Title
St. Antony's/Macmillan series (St. Martin's Press)
Subject
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Diplomatic history
  • France > Foreign relations > Great Britain
  • Great Britain > Foreign relations > France
  • United States > Foreign relations > France
  • France > Foreign relations > United States
Note
  • "In association with St. Antony's College, Oxford."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. De Gaulle in London and the Formation of Free France, 1940-42 -- 2. Free France and the United States, 1940-42 -- 3. Lebanon and Syria -- 4. North Africa, 1940-42 -- 5. Unity? 1943-44 -- 6. The Anglo-Americans and the Resistance in France -- 7. The Financial Link -- 8. The Provisional Government of France, 1944-45 -- 9. 'Our Mutual Headache': Churchill, Roosevelt and de Gaulle.
ISBN
0312127103 (cloth)
LCCN
95011453
OCLC
  • 32202526
  • ocm32202526
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries