France The Dark Years 1940-1944

-'wide-ranging ... The story is regularly enriched by nuggets of unexpected information.' -Patrick Marnham, Spectator, 7 July 2001
-'a valuable addition to the continuing debate over France's collapse in 1940 and the Vichy government's subsequent cooperation with the Nazis' -Contemporary Review
'this analysis reads very fresh, as though what happened might have turned out differently' -The Guardian
This is the first comprehensive study of the German occupation of France between 1940 and 1944. The author examines the nature and extent of collaboration and resistance, different experiences of Occupation, the persecution of the Jews, intellectual and cultural life under Occupation, and the purge trials that followed. He concludes by tracing the legacy and memory of the Occupation since 1945.