{"product_id":"rock-of-contention-free-french-and-americans-at-war-in-new-caledonia-1940-1945-9781571816825","title":"Rock of Contention: Free French and Americans at","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tWhat went wrong in Free French relations with Americans during World War Two? Two peoples, presumably sharing a common cause in a war to defeat the axis powers, often found themselves locked in bitter disputes that exposed fundamental differences in outlook and intentions, creating a profound misunderstanding or mésentente that was a major source of Franco-American conflict during the war and has persisted since then. The site for this dispute was the South Pacific colony of New Caledonia. By documenting carefully French policy toward the American presence in New Caledonia during the war, the author demonstrates the existence of a deep-seated suspicion, fear, even paranoia about the Americans that colored almost every phase of Free French policy. Revising traditional views, the author lays bare the roots of the antagonism, which stem from perceptions and biases.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“This book is an excellent review of the history of New Caledonia during the war years and explains much about the current relationship between the United States and France.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · Books-online\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"The rigorous archival depth and scholarship of the book allows every twist and turn to be detailed down to the hour, and peopled by an array of characters whose self-belief and delusions would make a fictional tale appear absurdly unrealistic...the book provides ingredients essential for understanding the international history of the following forty years, at least.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · American Historical Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“This book makes distinct contributions to the existing literature on French-American relations ... but it is also interesting in its own right.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · Irwin Wall\u003c\/b\u003e, University of California\/Irvine\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“This is a sharply drawn, deftly written, straight-laced exposure of the perceptions and biases that generated a lasting international ill will, with repercussions up to the present day.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · Wisconsin Bookwatch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"This book deserves wider attention that just among historians of the South Pacific or of the American military... Each colony shows a microcosm of Franco-French disputes, of uncongenial relations between the Allies and of the inevitable confrontation between the French and the “natives” whose lives, in different ways around the imperial globe, changed because of the war. Munholland’s excellent study explores these issues, and also provides essential background to the post-war future of the French forced retreat from empire and its difficult engagement with its American ally.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · H-Net France\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“…a clear, authoritative narrative…book that is at once wide-ranging and detailed - and welcome.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · International History Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Maps and Figures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/b\u003e The Franco-American Mésentente\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1. The Free French and the Americans before Pearl Harbor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFrance under Siege\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tDe Gaulle, the Formation of the Free French, and Colonial Resistance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tDisaster at Dakar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Empire Defense Council and the Allies in the Tropics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFree-French Representation in the United States\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2. The New Caledonian Rally to the Free French\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tDisunity in Local Allegiances and Foreign Interests\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Political Showdown Begins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe New Caledonian Coup\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPro-Vichy Partisans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3. New Caledonia in Limbo: Preparing for War in the Pacific\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tLocal and Foreign Anxieties over New Caledonia’s Defense\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tDe Gaulle’s Desire for Centralized Control and the Brunot Mission\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe d’Argenlieu Mission\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4. Going to Pieces: The 1942 Riot\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Americans Arrive: January–March ‘42\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tNew Caledonia in Political and Military Crisis: April ‘42\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThings Go Awry: May ‘42\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tCalm is Restored but, Mésentente Sets In: May–July ‘42\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5. The Rooster and the Eagle: Governor Montchamp, Admiral Halsey, and the American Occupation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAdmiral Halsey’s Arrival\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tGuadalcanal, the Solomons Campaign, and the Expansion of U.S. Military Presence: August ‘42–August ‘43\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Governor’s Graveyard: Montchamp, d’Argenlieu, and Vergès\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003e6. Governor Laigret and the American Economic and Cultural Challenge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tLocal Politics and the Arrival of Governor Laigret\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tGrievances and Complaints against the Americans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tLaigret’s Anti-Americanist Campaign and Increasing Mésentente\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAmerican Ambitions for New Caledonia?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7. Roosevelt and de Gaulle: Conflicting Visions of a Postwar World Order\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAnticolonialism and Yankee Imperialism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAnti-Americanism and the French Empire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAmerican Security and the Fate of the French Colonies in the Pacific Liberation, 1944\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8. From Combat Base to Rest and Rehabilitation Area: The American Departure\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tGovernor Tallec\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAutonomist Sentiment and Social and Labor Unrest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAmerican Materialism, Entertainment and the Issue of Withdrawal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAnti-Communism versus Anticolonialism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eConclusion:\u003c\/b\u003e V-J Day and Postwar Assessments, Accounts and Balances\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041426604375,"sku":"9781571816825","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rock-of-contention-free-french-and-americans-at-war-in-new-caledonia-1940-1945-9781571816825","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}