The Moral Disarmament of France
Subtitle: Education, Pacifism, and Patriotism, 19141940 (Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 10, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780521839006
Subjects: European history: from c 1900 -; First World War, 1914-1918; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; Second World War, 1939-1945; Influence; France; World War, 1914-1918; Politics / Current Events; Politics - Current Events; History: World; Europe; Pacifism; Europe - General; Peace; History / Europe / General; Politics and government; 1914-1940; 20th century; History; Patriotism
First sentence: On 10 May 1940 the German army rolled into France, setting in motion one of the most spectacular and least expected military defeats in modern history.