Pétain
Subtitle: Verdun to Vichy
By: by Robert B. Bruce.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Potomac military profiles
Publisher: Potomac Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Dulles, VA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781574885989; 9781574887570
Subjects: Pétain, Philippe, -- 1856-1951; France. -- Armée -- Biography; Marshals -- France -- Biography; Heads of state -- France -- Biography; France -- History, Military -- 20th century; France -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The making of a soldier, 1856-1914; title: Heretic to prophet: the 1914 and 1915 campaigns; title: The victor of Verdun, 1916; title: Commander in chief of the French army, 1917-1918; title: Between World Wars, 1918-1939; title: The fall of France, Vichy, and exile.