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

'Memory of War in France' examines France in the era of world war through theunconventional eyes of the veteran, activist and novelist, César Fauxbras. Itencompasses 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. MATT PERRY Reader in Labour History at Newcastle University, UK. He has published widely on aspects of twentieth-century labour history in Britain and France. His books include 'Marxism and History', 'The Jarrow Crusade: Protest and Legend', and 'Prisoners of Want: the Experience and Protests of the French Unemployed 1921-45.' INDICE: Preface - Acknowledgments - List of Abbreviations - Introduction -PART I: GREAT WAR AT SEA - An Ordinary Sailor - Black Sea Mutiny - PART II: THE CRISIS OF THE 1930S - Amongst the Unemployed - A Candide for the 1930s - Pacifism on the Precipice of War - PART III: DEFEAT AND OCCUPATION - Survey of Defeat 1940 - Occupation Diary 1941-44 - Epilogue - Appendices - Bibliography -Index -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-59441-8
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 272
• Fecha Publicación: 19/01/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido