Vichy Syndrome : History and Memory in France Since 1944 (Revised)

Henry Rousso; Senior Affiliate Center for European Studies Arthur Goldhammer; Douglas Dillon Professor of the Civilization of France Stanley Hoffmann
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From the Liberation purges to the Barbie trial, France has struggled with the memory of the Vichy experience: a memory of defeat, occupation, and repression. In this provocative study, Henry Rousso examines.

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how this proud nation--a nation where reality and myth commingle to confound understanding--has dealt with les ann es noires. Specifically, he studies what the French have chosen to remember--and to conceal.