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France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain by Julian Jackson

• France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain
• Julian Jackson
• Page: 480
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• ISBN: 9780674299375
• Publisher: Harvard University Press

France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain

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A Telegraph, Spectator, Prospect, and Times Best Book of the Year “This is a story not just about Pétain but about war and resistance, the moral compromises of leadership, and the meaning of France itself.”―Margaret MacMillan “This is a finely tuned history…Those who enjoy tales of the sparring among excellent lawyers arguing an important case will find this book riveting. And for those who want to understand contemporary France and its intricate politics, France on Trial provides…a vibrant analysis of a trial and verdict that remain contentious almost eight decades later.”—Ronald C. Rosbottom, Wall Street Journal “Shows Jackson at his best—precise in detail, vivid in imagery, alert to irony, firm in judgment—and carefully disentangles the questions surrounding the Vichy regime that continue to vex French society.” —Robert O. Paxton, Harper’s In the terrible month of October 1940, few things were more shocking than the sight of Marshal Philippe Pétain—supremely decorated hero of the First World War, now head of the French government—shaking hands with Hitler. Pétain announced that France would henceforth collaborate with Germany. “This is my policy,” he intoned. “My ministers are responsible to me. It is I alone who will be judged by History.”  Five years later, Pétain was put on trial for his conduct during the war. He stood accused of treason, charged with heading a conspiracy to destroy France’s democratic government and collaborating with Nazi Germany.   Award-winning author Julian Jackson uses Pétain’s three-week trial as a lens through which to examine one of history’s great moral dilemmas. Was the policy of collaboration “four years to erase from our history,” as the prosecution claimed? Or was it, as conservative politicians insist to this day, a sacrifice that placed pragmatism above moral purity? As head of the Vichy regime, Pétain became the lightning rod for collective guilt and retribution. But he has also been an icon of the nationalist right ever since. In France on Trial, Jackson blends courtroom drama, political intrigue, and brilliant narrative history to highlight the hard choices and moral compromises leaders make in times of war.

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