Author: CURTIS, MICHAEL
Title: Verdict on Vichy - Power and Prejudice in the Vichy France Regime
Description: London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 0297842242). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. 419 pages. 21 illustrations. 2 maps. This masterful book, which wil be seen as the definitive work, is the first major reappraisal for 20 years of the nature of the Vichy regime in France during World War II. The author uses up-to-date research to examine the degree to which ministers and officials of the regime, the legal and administrative system, the Church, and individuals in different walks of life collaborated with Nazi Germany which occupied part of then all of France between 1940 and 1944. Curtis reviews the careers, indictments and trials of the regime's prominent figures for crimes against humanity committed during the war, and scrutinises the ambivalent role of Francois Mitterand as a Vichy official. NOT EX LIB PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.83 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST A1C. Fine/Near Fine.

Keywords: Vichy Regime in France, Marshal Petain, General de Gaulle, Pierre Laval, Adolf Hitler, Xavier Vallat, Rene Bosquet, Cardinal Emmanuel Suhard, Cardinal Pierre Gerlier, Francois Mitterand, Charles Du Paty de Clam, Lois Darquier de Pallepoix, Varian Fry 0297


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