TY  - BOOK
AU  - HUGHES,Judith M.
TI  - To the Maginot Line: The Politics of French Military Preparation in the 1920’s 
T2  - Harvard Historical Monographs
SN  - 9780674038899
AV  - DC367 ǂb H84 2006eb 
U1  - 355.7094409022 
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Cambridge, MA : 
PB  - Harvard University Press, 
KW  - HISTORY / Military / Strategy
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; restricted access
N2  - 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."
UR  - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674038899
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674038899
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674038899/original
ER  -