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To the Maginot Line : The Politics of French Military Preparation in the 1920’s / Judith M. HUGHES.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Harvard Historical Monographs ; 64Publisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©1971Description: 1 online resource (308 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674038899
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 355.7094409022
LOC classification:
  • DC367 ǂb H84 2006eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables -- Introduction -- 1. France at the End of the War -- 2. Foch and the Disjunction of Diplomacy and Military Planning -- 3. Petain and Parliament: The Formulation and Passage of French Military Legislation -- 4. From the Ruhr to Locarno via Morocco -- 5. To the Maginot Line -- 6. Epilogue, 1930-1940 -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Summary: The decision to fortify northeastern France has usually been considered a tragic mistake, an example of bad planning and missed opportunities. Not so, says Judith M. Hughes, who provides a convincing view of how France’s military and political leaders tried to safeguard their nation and why they failed. As critic Michael Hurst writes in The American Historical Review, " The trends of French interwar history are deftly carried through onto these pages with an unobtrusive lucidity and persuasiveness."
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables -- Introduction -- 1. France at the End of the War -- 2. Foch and the Disjunction of Diplomacy and Military Planning -- 3. Petain and Parliament: The Formulation and Passage of French Military Legislation -- 4. From the Ruhr to Locarno via Morocco -- 5. To the Maginot Line -- 6. Epilogue, 1930-1940 -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

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The decision to fortify northeastern France has usually been considered a tragic mistake, an example of bad planning and missed opportunities. Not so, says Judith M. Hughes, who provides a convincing view of how France’s military and political leaders tried to safeguard their nation and why they failed. As critic Michael Hurst writes in The American Historical Review, " The trends of French interwar history are deftly carried through onto these pages with an unobtrusive lucidity and persuasiveness."

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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