To the Maginot Line : : The Politics of French Military Preparation in the 1920’s / / Judith M. HUGHES.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
• VerfasserIn: HUGHES, Judith M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]; ©1971
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard Historical Monographs ; 64
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (308 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; Tables --; Introduction --; 1. France at the End of the War --; 2. Foch and the Disjunction of Diplomacy and Military Planning --; 3. Petain and Parliament: The Formulation and Passage of French Military Legislation --; 4. From the Ruhr to Locarno via Morocco --; 5. To the Maginot Line --; 6. Epilogue, 1930-1940 --; Selected Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674038899; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674038899
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Judith M. HUGHES.

The decision to fortify northeastern France has usually been considered a tragic mistake, an example of bad planning and missed opportunities. Not so, says Judith M. Hughes, who provides a convincing view of how France’s military and political leaders tried to safeguard their nation and why they failed. As critic Michael Hurst writes in The American Historical Review, " The trends of French interwar history are deftly carried through onto these pages with an unobtrusive lucidity and persuasiveness."