{"product_id":"the-hunt-for-nazi-spies-simon-kitson-9780226438931","title":"The Hunt for Nazi Spies: Fighting Espionage in Vichy France","description":"From 1940 to 1942, French secret agents arrested more than two thousand spies working for the Germans and executed several dozen of them--all despite the Vichy government's declared collaboration with the Third Reich. A previously untold chapter in the history of World War II, this duplicitous activity is the gripping subject of \u003ci\u003eThe Hunt for Nazi Spies\u003c\/i\u003e, a tautly narrated chronicle of the Vichy regime's attempts to maintain sovereignty while supporting its Nazi occupiers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSimon Kitson informs this remarkable story with findings from his investigation--the first by any historian--of thousands of Vichy documents seized in turn by the Nazis and the Soviets and returned to France only in the 1990s. His pioneering detective work uncovers a puzzling paradox: a French government that was hunting down left-wing activists and supporters of Charles de Gaulle's Free French forces was also working to undermine the influence of German spies who were pursuing the same Gaullists and resisters. In light of this apparent contradiction, Kitson does not deny that Vichy France was committed to assisting the Nazi cause, but illuminates the complex agendas that characterized the collaboration and shows how it was possible to be both anti-German and anti-Gaullist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining nuanced conclusions with dramatic accounts of the lives of spies on both sides, \u003ci\u003eThe Hunt for Nazi Spies\u003c\/i\u003e adds an important new dimension to our understanding of the French predicament under German occupation and the shadowy world of World War II espionage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Kitson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226438937\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226438931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/06\/2008 pg. 39","brand":"Simon Kitson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086411116799,"sku":"9780226438931","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bea3560b-07da-4398-9a30-776d317d226d.jpg?v=1769094517","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-hunt-for-nazi-spies-simon-kitson-9780226438931","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}