French and Germans, Germans and French
A Personal Interpretation of France under Two Occupations, 1914–1918/1940–1944
$37.81
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
17 September 2018
Summary
A magnificent account of Occupied France in both the First and Second World Wars
The most difficult and often savage relationship in 20th century western Europe was between the French and the Germans. Twice, cataclysmic wars were fought out on their borders, successfully by the French in 1914-18 and unsuccessfully in 1940. Both wars led to military occupation—for the large block of northern France behind the German trenches in the First World War and ultimately the whole country in th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241351314 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241351316 |
| Author: | Richard Cobb |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 17 September 2018 |
| Weight: | 216g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 130mm x 199mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Critics Review
Richard Cobb is a visionary. His books will take you on an extraordinary intellectual and emotional journey.
Richard Cobb is a visionary. His books will take you on an extraordinary intellectual and emotional journey. * The New York Review of Books *
His France - urban, northern, provincial, pedestrian, noisy, unpuritanical, festive - was in contrast to, and predicated upon, another France: bureaucratic, official, suburban, safe, rule - crazy, scared. – Julian Barnes
Cobb was a true historian of life ‘from below’, using archival evidence to bring alive the reality - and the suffering - of ordinary people’s existence. – Geoffrey Wheatcroft * New Statesman *
Richard Cobb
Richard Cobb (1919-96) CBE was a British historian and essayist, and professor at the University of Oxford. He was the author of numerous influential works about the history of France, particularly the French Revolution.
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