Pétain : Verdun to Vichy /

Pétain : Verdun to Vichy /

Analyzes the military career of one of the greatest, yet controversial, French military commanders of the twentieth century.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Main Author: Bruce, Robert B. 1963-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dulles, Va. : Potomac Books, ©2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Military profiles.
Subjects:
Pétain, Philippe, > 1856-1951.
Petain, Philippe, > 1856-1951.
France. > Armée > Biography.
Marshals > France > Biography.
Heads of state > France > Biography.
France > History, Military > 20th century.
France > Politics and government > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • The making of a soldier, 1856-1914
  • Heretic to prophet: the 1914 and 1915 campaigns
  • The victor of Verdun, 1916
  • Commander in chief of the French army, 1917-1918
  • Between World Wars, 1918-1939
  • The fall of France, Vichy, and exile.

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