French and Germans, Germans and French: A Personal Interpretation of France under Two Occupations, 19141918/19401944 [Paperback]

The noted historian Richard Cobb presents an engaging synthesis of research, combined with highly original observations and analyses of the war years in France. The reader is given access to a unique private chronicle of the relations between occupants and occup?s, which provides the I was there understanding that is a hallmark of Cobbs well-known ability to humanize history. The author characterizes this work as an essay in interpretation and imagination, an evocation drawing heavily on literary, or semi-literary, sources and even on autobiography, rather than a straight piece of history. The book is about people, individuals, rather than about institutions and administration. A recognized classic is now back in print.

RICHARD COBB, a professor of modern history at the University of Oxford, was regarded as one of the foremost historians of France. His numerous books have wielded a profound influence on the direction of French historiography.