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Britain and France in Two World Wars: Truth, Myth and Memory
Robert Tombs
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Paperback. Editor(s): Chabal, Emile; Tombs, Robert. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
France and Britain, indispensable allies in two world wars, remember and forget their shared history in contrasting ways. The book examines key episodes in the relationship between the two countries, including the outbreak of war in 1914, the battles of the Somme and Verdun, the Fall of France in 1940, Dunkirk, and British involvement in the French Resistance and the 1944 Liberation. The contributors discuss how the two countries tend to forget what they owe to each other, and have a distorted view of history which still colours and prejudices their relationship today, despite government efforts to build a close ... Read more
France and Britain, indispensable allies in two world wars, remember and forget their shared history in contrasting ways. The book examines key episodes in the relationship between the two countries, including the outbreak of war in 1914, the battles of the Somme and Verdun, the Fall of France in 1940, Dunkirk, and British involvement in the French Resistance and the 1944 Liberation. The contributors discuss how the two countries tend to forget what they owe to each other, and have a distorted view of history which still colours and prejudices their relationship today, despite government efforts to build a close ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781441130396
SKU
V9781441130396
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About Robert Tombs
Robert Tombs is Professor of French History at the University of Cambridge, UK. Emile Chabal is a Chancellor’s Fellow in History at the University of Edinburgh, UK.
Reviews for Britain and France in Two World Wars: Truth, Myth and Memory
The contributions offer a vivid illustration of how the same event can yield sharply divergent memories in two neighbouring countries.
Robert Boyce
www.histoire-politique.fr
These essays are an excellent advertisement for comparative history: this approach sheds further light on the relationship between war and memory in both countries ... This collection demonstrates that approaches in military and diplomatic ... Read more
Robert Boyce
www.histoire-politique.fr
These essays are an excellent advertisement for comparative history: this approach sheds further light on the relationship between war and memory in both countries ... This collection demonstrates that approaches in military and diplomatic ... Read more