Ego-histories of France and the Second World War

Writing Vichy

Editors: Manu Braganca & Fransiska Louwagie

Palgrave 2018

This volume presents the intellectual autobiographies of fourteen leading scholars in the fields of history, literature, film and cultural studies who have dedicated a considerable part of their career to researching the history and memories of France during the Second World War. Based in five different countries, Margaret Atack, Marc Dambre, Laurent Douzou, Hilary Footitt, Robert Gildea, Richard J. Golsan, Bertram M. Gordon, Christopher Lloyd, Colin Nettelbeck, Denis Peschanski, Renée Poznanski, Henry Rousso, Susan Rubin Suleiman and Peter Tame have played a crucial role in shaping and reshaping what has become a thought-provoking field of research. This volume, which also includes an interview with historian Robert O. Paxton, clarifies the rationales and driving forces behind their work and thus behind our current understanding of one of the darkest and most vividly remembered pages of history in contemporary France.

See Palgrave’s website for additional information: Ego-histories of France and the Second World War

Dr Manu Braganca

Assistant Professor in French Studies

UCD School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics

University College Dublin

Newman Building

Belfield, Dublin 4

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