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Book SynopsisIn June 1940 the French Army that Europe had known and feared since Louis XIV vanished in the most overwhelming defeat ever suffered by the military force of a modern nation. This is the story of what really happened to that army. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make a
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. v*Contents, pg. ix*I. June 1940: The French Army Lives On, pg. 1*II. L'Armie Nouvelle, pg. 39*III. July-December 1940: Neutrality or Revanche?, pg. 63*IV. A Plague on Both Their Houses, pg. 94*V. Liberation in Captivity, pg. 141*VI. The Officers Turned Schoolmaster, pg. 183*VII. 1941: Neutrality Entrenched, pg. 214*VIII. The Uses and Abuses of Freedom: Officers in Politics, 1941-42, pg. 253*IX. The Party of Revanche: Resistance in the Armistice Army, pg. 282*X. 1942: Neutrality Threatened, pg. 311*XI. November 1942: Neutrality Defended, pg. 344*XII. After November 1942: The Officers Dispersed, pg. 391*XIII. In the Mainstream of French Army Tradition, pg. 410*Bibliographical Note, pg. 433*Abbreviations and Short Titles Used in Footnotes, pg. 441*Index, pg. 453
