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Strange Defeat
A Statement of Evidence Written in 1940
by Marc Bloch
ISBN: 039300371X
ISBN-13: 9780393003710
Format: Paperback
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Summary
This book concerns the fall of France to the Germans in 1940. Bloch, a noted historian who was killed for his involvement with the French Resistance, examines his country's military and political history in order to discover why France was defeated.
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Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Published date: 1968
Size: 5.5 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.4 pounds
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Strange Defeat : A Statement of Evidence Written in 1940
Bloch, Marc
New York, NY, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1981. Highlighting, minor shelf wear, Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade.. Trade Paperback. Very Good. ( more information) Offered by J M O'Brien (United States)
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Strange Defeat: A Statement of Evidence Written in 1940
Bloch, Marc
New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1968 Minor wear to cover edges and corners. Binding tight and secure. Text clean and free of markings. Faint foxing to text block edges. ***We ship daily. Our books are carefully described and packaged in boxes (not envelopes).*** . Soft Cover. Very Good. 5" x 8". ( more information) Offered by The Book Escape (United States)
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Strange Defeat: A Statement of Evidence Written in 1940
Bloch, Marc; intro. by Sir Maurice Powicke; foreword by G. Altman; tr. from the French by G. Hopkins
NY: Norton, 1968. 178 pages; pencil underlining in book, writing, cover some wear to edges, scuffs, binding tight. ISBN: 039300371X. Trade Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. WW II FRANCE GERMAN OCCUPATION MARC BLOCH RESISTANCE CAPTURE GERMAN POW EXECUTED BIOGRAPHY. ( more information) Offered by Highway Book Shop (Canada)
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Strange Defeat: A Statement of Evidence Written in 1940
Bloch, Marc
NY: Norton, 1968. (8th printing. Trade Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality. "Written early in the Occupation...detailed and a penetrating analysis of the disaster he witnessed at first hand....detailed criticism of the French disaster...by a world-renowned medieval historian...active in the French Resistance." ISBN: 039300371X. ( more information) Offered by Rainy Day Paperback Exchange (United States)
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Strange Defeat - a Statement of Evidence Written in 1940
Marc Bloch
Norton. Fine with no dust jacket; Book in excellent shape but has ink underlining . and UCLA stamp on edge of pages. Previous owner signature inside . first flyleaf.. 1968. First Printing. Softcover. 039300371x . A study throwing light on one of the great crises of Western civilization, it is a classic, for it brings in evidence not gossip and personal malice but a considered appraisal of all the factors, social as well as military, which since 1870 had undermined French national solidarity. The author was a historian who fought in both wars, and in 1942 at age 50 became active in the French Resistance. 2 years later he was caught by the Germans, tortured, and executed. This book was left in draft. ; 51/4" - 73/4"; 178 pages . ( more information) Offered by Mystery Garden Books (United States)
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