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A renowned historian and Resistance fighter --later executed by the Nazis --analyzes at first hand why France fell in 1940. Marc Bloch wrote Strange Defeat during the three months following the fall of France, after he returned home from military service. In the midst of his anguish, he... read more
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Setting & Locations edit
- France
- Belgium
- Flanders
- Germany
- Paris
- Bohain
- H.q.
- Normandy
- Steenwerck
- Europe
- Rennes
- Arras
- Valenciennes
- High Command
- England
- Strasbourg
- Attiches
First Sentence edit
THIS penetrating, poignant, outspoken book stands out among other books about France and the first year of the Second World War as the work of a very distinguished scholar, a professor of the Sorbonne, who was later to be one of the leaders in the movement of resistance and to be put to death for his part in it.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 80 of 102 in National Review - 100 Best Non-fiction Books of the Century. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Christian Tradition, and followed by Looking Back: An Autobiographical Excursion.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Marc Bloch (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 940
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