General Information

Author/Creator

La Gorce, Paul Marie de, 1928-2004

Language

English.

Published

London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, [1963]

Physical Description

568 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Subject

France. Armée > History.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Paul-Marie de la Gorce ; translated by Kenneth Douglas.

With

Includes index.

Content

Before 1890 -- From the golden age to the Dreyfus affair -- The Dreyfus affair -- The heritage of the Affair -- Military renewal prior to World War I -- The First World War -- The army and the Russian Revolution -- The Treaty of Versailles -- The army without a mission -- The army against communism -- The temptation of fascism -- The march to disaster -- The war that failed -- Two black years -- The army of the Fourth Republic -- The experience in Indochina -- The Algerian trap -- Pacification and "the mind of the populations" -- The spirit of the 13th of May -- The defeat of French Algeria -- Conclusion.

Library Special Collection

HU OSA 300 - RFE/RL collection

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	355.0944 LAG		OSA Repository	-

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