The Paris game
Subtitle: Charles de Gaulle, the liberation of Paris, and the gamble that won France
By: Ray Argyle ; foreword by Maurice Vaïsse
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 485
ISBN-13: 9781459722866
Subjects: Generals; Biography; History
Description: "The Paris Game is a dramatic recounting of how an obscure French general, under sentence of death by his government, undertakes the most enormous gamble of life: to fight on alone after his country’s capitulation to Nazi Germany. In a game of intrigue and double-dealing, Charles de Gaulle must struggle to retain the loyalty of Winston Churchill against the unforgiving opposition of Franklin Roosevelt and the traitorous manoeuvring of a collaborationist Vichy France. How he succeeds in restoring the honour of France and securing its place as a world power is the stuff of raw history, both stirring and engrossing." -- Book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 460-470) and index.

Issued also in electronic format.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Maurice Vaïsse; title: Introduction; title: The players; title: Chronology; title: I. Days of darkness : the hand is dealt. The débacle of Paris; title: A rebel at heart; title: Into the abyss; title: The collapse of the third republic; title: II. Days of defiance : the wild card is drawn. The appeal of June 18; title: Surviving the swastika; title: Soldiers of the empire; title: Wild cards in play; title: Warriors at odds; title: III. Days of might : the bet is called. Débarquement at dawn; title: Return of the fighting French; title: To the barricades!; title: The road to Paris; title: IV. Days of liberation : the stakes are raised. Paris liberated; title: Paris exultant; title: Getting even; title: From rebel to ruler; title: The gamble for France; title: V. Days of glory : the wager is won. The crisis and the call; title: The last battle; title: The republic of de Gaulle; title: The final days; title: The legend and the legacy.