Julian Jackson

Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize 2023A Telegraph Book of the YearA Times Spectator and Prospect Book of the YearOne of the great contemporary historians of France on one of the most controversial periods of twentieth century French historyFew images more shocked the French population during the Occupation than the photograph of Marshal Philippe Petain the great French hero of the First World War shaking the hand of Hitler on 20 October 1940 In a radio speech after this meeting Petain told the French people that he was entering down the road of collaboration He ended with the words This is my policy My ministers are responsible to me It is I alone who will be judged by History Five years later in July 1945 the hour of judgement if not yet the judgement of History arrived Petain was brought before a specially created High Court to answer for his conduct between the signing of the armistice with Germany in June 1940 and the Liberation of France in August 1944 Julian Jackson uses Petain s three week trial as a lens through which to examine the central crisis of twentieth century French history the defeat of 1940 the signing of the armistice and Vichy s policy of collaboration what the main prosecutor Mornet called four years to erase from our h

" Enfin la biographie que ce géant méritait " Robert PaxtonSappuyant sur une très large masse darchives et de mémoires, Julian Jackson explore toutes les dimensions du mystère de Gaulle, sans cherche

" Enfin la biographie que ce géant méritait " Robert PaxtonSappuyant sur une très large masse darchives et de mémoires, Julian Jackson explore toutes les dimensions du mystère de Gaulle, sans cherche

« Un livre captivant. »Robert Paxton« C’est de l’histoire, mais plus que de l’histoire, une sorte de tragédie antique. »Antoine ProstPendant l’Occupation peu d’images ont autant choqué la population

« Un livre captivant. »Robert Paxton« C’est de l’histoire, mais plus que de l’histoire, une sorte de tragédie antique. »Antoine ProstPendant l’Occupation peu d’images ont autant choqué la population

A prominent historian of France assesses the factors that contributed to FranceÆs humiliating defeat at the hands of the Nazis, using eyewitness accounts, diaries, and memoirs to flesh out this often

S’appuyant sur une très large masse d’archives et de mémoires, Julian Jackson explore toutes les dimensions du mystère De Gaulle, sans chercher à lui donner une excessive cohérence. Personne n’avait

A SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, SPECTATOR, FINANCIAL TIMES, TLS BOOK OF THE YEARMasterly ... awesome reading ... an outstanding biography Max Hastings, Sunday TimesThe definitive biography of the greatest French statesman of modern timesIn six weeks in the early summer of 1940, France was over-run by German troops and quickly surrendered. The French government of Marshal Petain sued for peace and signed an armistice. One little-known junior French general, refusing to accept defeat, made his way to England. On 18 June he spoke to his compatriots over the BBC, urging them to rally to him in London. Whatever happens, the flame of French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. At that moment, Charles de Gaulle entered into history.For the rest of the war, de Gaulle frequently bit the hand that fed him. He insisted on being treated as the true embodiment of France, and quarrelled violently with Churchill and Roosevelt. He was prickly, stubborn, aloof and self-contained. But through sheer force of personality and bloody-mindedness he managed to have France recognised as one of the victorious Allies, occupying its own zone in defeated Germany. For ten years after 1958 he was President of Frances Fifth Republic, which he created and which endures to this day. His pursuit of a certain idea of France challenged American hegemony, took France out of NATO and twice vetoed British entry into the European Community. His controversial decolonization of Algeria brought France to the brink of civil war and provoked several assassination attempts.Julian Jacksons magnificent biography reveals this the life of this titanic figure as never before. It draws on a vast range of published and unpublished memoirs and documents - including the recently opened de Gaulle archives - to show how de Gaulle achieved so much during the War when his resources were so astonishingly few, and how, as President, he put a medium-rank power at the centre of world affairs. No previous biography has depicted his paradoxes so vividly. Much of French politics since his death has been about his legacy, and he remains by far the greatest French leader since Napoleon.

Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize 2023A Telegraph,Times, Spectator and ProspectBook of the YearOne of the great contemporary historians of Franceon one ofthe most controversial periods of twentieth-century French historyFew images more shocked the French population during the Occupation than the photograph of Marshal Philippe Petain - the great French hero of the First World War - shaking the hand of Hitler on 20 October 1940. In a radio speech after this meeting, Petain told the French people that he was entering down the road of collaboration. He ended with the words: This is my policy. My ministers are responsible to me. It is I alone who will be judged by History. Five years later, in July 1945, the hour of judgement - if not yet the judgement of History - arrived. Petain was brought before a specially created High Court to answer for his conduct between the signing of the armistice with Germany in June 1940 and the Liberation of France in August 1944.Julian Jackson uses Petains three-week trial as a lens through which to examine the central crisis of twentieth-century French history - the defeat of 1940, the signing of the armistice and Vichys policy of collaboration - what the main prosecutor Mornet called four years to erase from our history. As head of the Vichy regime in the Second, Petain became one of Frances most notorious public figures, and the lightening-rod for collective guilt and retribution immediately after the Second World War. In France on Trial Jackson blends politics and personal drama to explore how different national factions sought to try to claim the past, or establish their interpretation of it, as a way of claiming the present and future.

Um retrato vibrante do líder controverso mas incontestável que comandou a resistência à ocupação nazista e salvou a honra da França. Charles de Gaulle ganha aqui sua primeira reconsideração histórica

Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize for History the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography the American Library in Paris Award the Franco British Society Literary Prize and the Grand Prix de la Biographie Politique du TouquetA SUNDAY TIMES THE TIMES DAILY TELEGRAPH NEW STATESMAN SPECTATOR FINANCIAL TIMES TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR Masterly awesome reading an outstanding biography Max Hastings Sunday TimesIn six weeks in the early summer of 1940 France was over run by German troops and quickly surrendered The French government of Marshal Ptain sued for peace and signed an armistice One little known junior French general refusing to accept defeat made his way to England On 18 June he spoke to his compatriots over the BBC urging them to rally to him in London Whatever happens the flame of French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished At that moment Charles de Gaulle entered into history For the rest of the war de Gaulle frequently bit the hand that fed him He insisted on being treated as the true embodiment of France and quarrelled violently with Churchill and Roosevelt He was prickly stubborn aloof and self contained But through sheer force of personality and bloody mindedness he managed to have France

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