Paperback edition of Vichy France: Old Guard and New Order, 1940–1944 by Robert O. Paxton, published by Columbia University Press. This edition includes a new introduction and updated bibliography.
This is widely regarded as the definitive scholarly work on the Vichy regime. Paxton draws on captured German archives and other primary sources to argue that the collaborationist government under Marshal Pétain was far more than a passive puppet — Vichy leaders actively pursued their own authoritarian and nationalist agenda while attempting to position France as a partner in Hitler's new Europe. Book Details:
Author: Robert O. Paxton (Mellon Professor Emeritus, Columbia University) Publisher: Columbia University Press Format: Paperback Pages: ~438 pp. ISBN: 9780231124690 Condition: Very Good, Like New Shipping: Fast shipping via USPS Media Mail. A must-have for students and enthusiasts of WWII history, European politics, and 20th-century France.
