To the Maginot Line : : The Politics of French Military Preparation in the 1920’s / / 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 fai...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022] ©1971 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Harvard Historical Monographs ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (308 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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