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From Publishers WeeklyEarly postwar France saw the trials of collaborationist leaders, de Gaulle's reestablishment of the republic and his abrupt resignation in 1946, widespread panic at the prospect of a Communist or right-wing coup and the arrival of Marshall Plan aid, which rescued the country from economic collapse. This engaging chronicle set in Paris--a magnet for Picasso, Sartre, de Beauvoir, Camus, Wright, Orwell, Hemingway, Breton, Koestler, Philby--captures the desperation and exhilaration of those years through a blend of history, eyewitness accounts, interviews, telling incident and gossip. Beevor ( The Spanish Civil War ) and Cooper ( Cairo in the War: 1939-1945 ) illuminate the blind Stalinism of France's "progressive" intelligentsia, protracted enmity between resisters and collaborators, early years of the Cold War and France's love-hate relationship with the U.S. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library JournalHusband-and-wife team of Beevor and Cooper have produced a thorough, fascinating account of postwar Paris. The authors focus on three themes: the bitter struggle of Resistance supporters against the collaborators of the Vichy government; the
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- Author
- Anthony Beevor and Artemis Cooper
- Publisher
- Penguin Group
- Published
- 1994
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781101175071
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, Political Science, History
- Rating
- 3.8 / 5 (430 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14