The Vichy Syndrome

History and Memory in France Since 1944

• Author(s): Henry Rousso,
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Pages: 384
• ISBN_10: 067493539X
  ISBN_13: 9780674935396
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / General , History / Europe / General , History / Europe / France , History / Military / General ,

Description:... From the Liberation purges to the Barbie trial, France has struggled with the memory of the Vichy experience: a memory of defeat, occupation, and repression. In this provocative study, Henry Rousso examines how this proud nation--a nation where reality and myth commingle to confound understanding--has dealt with les années noires. Specifically, he studies what the French have chosen to remember--and to conceal.