To the Maginot Line

The Politics of French Military Preparation in the 1920's

• Author(s): Judith M. HUGHES, Judith M Hughes,
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Pages: 308
• ISBN_10: 0674038894
  ISBN_13: 9780674038899
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Military / Strategy , History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General , History / Europe / France ,

Description:... The decision to fortify northeastern France has usually been considered a tragic mistake, an example of bad planning and missed opportunities. Not so, says Judith M. Hughes, who provides a convincing view of how France’s military and political leaders tried to safeguard their nation and why they failed. As critic Michael Hurst writes in The American Historical Review, " The trends of French interwar history are deftly carried through onto these pages with an unobtrusive lucidity and persuasiveness."