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In Search of Grandeur: France and Vietnam 1940–1946

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2009

Clarke W. Garrett
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Between 1940 and 1946, carastrophe befell France and the French Empire. In Europe, France collapsed before the German war machine and submitted to a humiliating treaty and to military occupation. Nor did Liberation and the triumph of de Gaulle's Free French Movement fully revive France's spirit. She had played a relatively small part in the Allied victory and in the conferences of the Powers that sought to restore the peace. The grandeur of France's past, her military tradition, and her civilization meant little in the world of 1946.

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Research Article
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The Review of Politics , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , July 1967 , pp. 303 - 323
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Copyright © University of Notre Dame 1967

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