Maxime Weygand : A Biography of the French General in Two World Wars

Singer, Barnett

McFarland & Co Inc（2008/06発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 261 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786435715
• DDC分類 355.0092

Full Description

During the armistice proceedings and at the Peace Conference after World War I, French General Maxime Weygand served as chief aid to Marshal Foch. Called out of retirement in the late 1930s, Weygand again served his country during World War II, becoming commander in chief of the French Army. His call for enhanced French unity, military preparedness, and adaptation to a new kind of war dominated by tank mobility might have saved France the humiliating defeat in 1940 at the hand of the Nazis, had it been heeded. Weygand's recognition of the Nazi threat earned him the respect of Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt. Weygand's Vichy Resistance led to his imprisonment from late 1942 through the end of the war. French archival sources, available oral testimony and Weygand's private papers contribute to a fascinating biography of one of World War II's unsung heroes.

Contents

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments     

Introduction     

1. The Formative Years     

2. With Foch in World War I     

3. Armistice-Making and Peace Conference     

4. "Finding Himself " in Poland and the Middle East     

5. To the Heights of Hampered Power     

6. Recharging Batteries as Military Historian     

7. Regaining French Themes     

8. Hurled to the Top Against the Nazis     

9. Countering Germany as Vichy Defense Minister     

10. Anti-Nazi Proconsul in French Africa     

11. The Long Coda     

Chapter Notes     

Bibliography     

Index