War of Words (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781009181013)

War of Words argues that the conflicts that erupted over French colonial territory between 1940 and 1945 are central to understanding British, Vichy and Free French policy-making throughout the war. By analysing the rhetoric that surrounded these clashes, Rachel Chin demonstrates that imperial holdings were valued as more than material and strategic resources. They were formidable symbols of power, prestige and national legitimacy. She shows that having and holding imperial territory was at the core of competing Vichy and Free French claims to represent the true French nation and that opposing images of Franco-British cooperation and rivalry were at the heart of these arguments. The selected case studies show how British-Vichy-Free French relations evolved throughout the war and demonstrate that the French colonial empire played a decisive role in these shifts.

Author: Rachel Chin
ISBN-10: 1009181017
ISBN-13: 9781009181013
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/21/2022
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d