Every Word You Write ... Vichy Will Be Watching You

Every Word You Write ... Vichy Will Be Watching You by Robert W Parson


ISBN
9781604948837
Published
Binding
Paperback
Pages
420
Dimensions
152 x 229 x 24mm

Following France's military defeat in 1940, Marshal P tain and his Vichy regime drastically expanded upon the role of a top secret organization known as the Postal Surveillance System. The organization served two purposes: to find out how people felt about Vichy's policies, including collaboration with Nazi Germany, and to keep an eye on activities the new government deemed suspicious. Over seventy years later the private letters, telegrams, and phone conversations collected through the Postal Surveillance System provide a wealth of information about the dark years of 1940-1944. Every Word You Write . . . Vichy Will Be Watching You draws from these communications to vividly convey what life was like for the French as they coped with intolerable living conditions. It also details the scurrilous treatment handed out to foreign and French-born Jews by P tain's government. By allowing the stolen words of ordinary French citizens to speak for themselves, Robert W. Parson offers us a view of history that we seldom find in textbooks.
41.99


This product is unable to be ordered online. Please check in-store availability.
Enter your Postcode or Suburb to view availability and delivery times.

You might also like

Russia
26.99
26.99
_% Off
The Samurai
19.99
9.99
50% Off
Emperor of Rome
27.99
27.99
_% Off
The Soul
49.99
49.99
_% Off
Hell Ship
24.99
24.99
_% Off
Mutiny On The Bounty
Peter FitzSimons
36.99
36.99
_% Off
The Wager
24.99
24.99
_% Off
The Golden Road
39.99
39.99
_% Off
The Little Book Of History
19.99
19.99
_% Off
Pax
26.99
26.99
_% Off
The World
29.99
29.99
_% Off

RRP refers to the Recommended Retail Price as set out by the original publisher at time of release.
The RRP set by overseas publishers may vary to those set by local publishers due to exchange rates and shipping costs.
Due to our competitive pricing, we may have not sold all products at their original RRP.