An engaging narrative of the small-unit actions near Sedan during the 1940 campaign for France.

On 16 May 1940 an emergency meeting of the French High Command was called at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris. The German army had broken through the French lines on the River Meuse at Sedan and elsewhere, only five days after launching their attack. Churchill, who had been telephoned by Prime Minister Reynaud the previous evening to be told that the French were beaten, rushed to Pari...(展开全部)

[英]朱利安·杰克逊（Julian Jackson） 伦敦大学历史学教授，英国科学院和皇家历史学会院士，法国史研究权威。凭借《法兰西的陷落》一书获得2004年历史学殿堂级奖项——沃尔夫森奖。

[英]朱利安·杰克逊（Julian Jackson） 伦敦大学历史学教授，英国科学院和皇家历史学会院士，法国史研究权威。凭借《法兰西的陷落》一书获得2004年历史学殿堂级奖项——沃尔夫森奖。

On 16 May 1940 an emergency meeting of the French High Command was called at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris. The German army had broken through the French lines on the River Meuse at Sedan and elsewhere, only five days after launching their attack. Churchill, who had been telephoned by Prime Minister Reynaud the previous evening to be told that the French were beaten, rushed to Pari...(展开全部)

From Library Journal "A brilliant account of the dry rot which weakened France," said LJ's reviewer of this massive work (LJ 10/15/69). In his usual fashion, Shirer provides intricate details of the history of the Third Republic, from its early years to its demise. This remains "strongly recommended." Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out o...(展开全部)

From Library Journal "A brilliant account of the dry rot which weakened France," said LJ's reviewer of this massive work (LJ 10/15/69). In his usual fashion, Shirer provides intricate details of the history of the Third Republic, from its early years to its demise. This remains "strongly recommended." Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out o...(展开全部)

The French call them 'the Dark Years'...This definitive new history of Occupied France explores the myths and realities of four of the most divisive years in French history. Taking in ordinary people's experiences of defeat, collaboration, resistance, and liberation, it uncovers the conflicting memories of occupation which ensure that even today France continues to debate the l...(展开全部)

In this monumental new account of the Vichy years, Julian Jackson examines French experiences of Occupation during the 'Black Years' of 1940-4. Pulling together previously separate 'histories' of occupation, resistance, and collaboration he presents a definitive history of the period. This is a more complex history than the traditional dichotomy between 'collaboration' and 'res...(展开全部)

"This is scientific storytelling at its most visceral, striding with the beasts through their Triassic dawn, Jurassic dominance, and abrupt demise in the Cretaceous." — Nature The dinosaurs. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth’s most fearsome creatures vanished. Today they remain one of our planet’s great mysteries. Now The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs reveals their extrao...(展开全部)