Strange Victory : Hitler's Conquest of France by Ernest R. May (2000, Hardcover)

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Country of Origin
France
ISBN
9780809089062
Book Title
Strange Victory : Hitler's Conquest of France
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Item Length
9 in
Publication Year
2000
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
1.8 in
Author
Ernest R. May
Genre
History
Topic
Military / World War II, Europe / France
Item Weight
8.8 Oz
Item Width
6 in
Number of Pages
384 Pages
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0809089068
ISBN-13
9780809089062
eBay Product ID (ePID)
605883

Product Key Features

Book Title
Strange Victory : Hitler's Conquest of France
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Topic
Military / World War II, Europe / France
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Author
Ernest R. May
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.8 in
Item Weight
8.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
99-053619
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"Ernest May has done for the outbreak of World War II what Barbara Tuchman did for World War I in The Guns of August. A beautifully written narrative, rendered in deft prose and in riveting and fascinating detail, Strange Victory will become a classic." - W.R. Louis, president, American Historical Association "A splendid revisionist work ... A truly international study in European diplomatic and military history ... May's description of the military campaigning of 1940 is superb." - Paul Kennedy, Los Angeles Times Book Review "A broad-shouldered, cogent, powerfully argued revisionist study of the battle of France of 1940." - Richard Bernstein, The New York Times
Dewey Decimal
940.5/4214
Synopsis
A dramatic narrative-and reinterpretation-of Germany's six-week campaign that swept the Wehrmacht to Paris in spring 1940. Before the Nazis killed him for his work in the French Resistance, the great historian Marc Bloch wrote a famous short book, Strange Defeat, about the treatment of his nation at the hands of an enemy the French had believed they could easily dispose of. In Strange Victory, the distinguished American historian Ernest R. May asks the opposite question: How was it that Hitler and his generals managed this swift conquest, considering that France and its allies were superior in every measurable dimension and considering the Germans' own skepticism about their chances? Strange Victory is a riveting narrative of those six crucial weeks in the spring of 1940, weaving together the decisions made by the high commands with the welter of confused responses from exhausted and ill-informed, or ill-advised, officers in the field. Why did Hitler want to turn against France at just this moment, and why were his poor judgment and inadequate intelligence about the Allies nonetheless correct? Why didn't France take the offensive when it might have led to victory? What explains France's failure to detect and respond to Germany's attack plan? It is May's contention that in the future, nations might suffer strange defeats of their own if they do not learn from their predecessors' mistakes in judgment., "Strange Victory" is a riveting book about France and Germany in the years leading up to World War II. Why did Hitler turn against France in the Spring of 1940 and not before? And why were his poor judgement and inadequate intelligence about the Allies nonetheless correct? Why didn't France take the offensive earlier, when it might have led to victory? What explains France's failure to detect and respond to Germany's attack plan? Skillfully weaving together decisions of the high commands with the confused responses from exhausted and ill-informed, or ill-advised, officers in the field, the distinguished diplomatic historian Ernest R. May offers many new insights into the tragic paradoxes of the battle for France.
LC Classification Number
D802.F8M34 2000

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