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Memory of war in France, 1914-45 : César Fauxbras, the voice of the lowly

Title
Memory of war in France, 1914-45 : César Fauxbras, the voice of the lowly / Matt Perry.
Author
Perry, Matt, 1967-
Publication
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

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Description
xi, 259 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
"Memory of war in France examines France in the era of world war through the unconventional eyes of the veteran, activist, and novelist César Fauxbras. It encompasses the French Navy at war, the naval mutinies of 1919, the experience of unemployment, interwar pacifism, French defeat in 1940, and Paris under the heel of German occupation"--Provided by publisher.
Subject
  • Fauxbras, César
  • Fauxbras, César
  • Fauxbras, César 1899-1968
  • Fauxbras, César, 1899-1968
  • 1900 - 1999
  • World War, 1914-1918 > France
  • World War, 1939-1945 > France
  • World War, 1914-1918 > Personal narratives, French
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, French
  • Memory > Social aspects > France > Case studies
  • Novelists, French > 20th century > Biography
  • Political activists > France > Biography
  • HISTORY > Europe > France
  • HISTORY > Military > World War I
  • HISTORY > Military > World War II
  • HISTORY > Social History
  • Memory > Social aspects
  • Novelists, French
  • Political activists
  • Erster Weltkrieg Motiv
  • Zweiter Weltkrieg Motiv
  • Erinnerung
  • Krieg > Frankreich > Geschichte 20. Jh
  • France > History > 1914-1940 > Biography
  • France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945 > Biography
  • France
  • Frankreich
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • Case studies
  • History
  • Personal narratives – French
  • Case studies.
  • Études de cas.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Pt. 1. Great War at sea -- An ordinary sailor -- Black Sea mutiny -- pt. 2. The crisis of the 1930s -- Amongst the unemployed -- A Candide for the 1930s -- Pacifism on the precipice of War -- pt. 3. Defeat and occupation -- Survey of defeat, 1940 -- Occupation diary, 1941-44 -- Epilogue -- Appendices.
ISBN
  • 9780230594418
  • 0230594417
LCCN
  • 2010053065
  • 40019068173
OCLC
  • ocn695390070
  • 695390070
  • SCSB-14641432
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library