France at War in the Twentieth Century

France at War in the Twentieth Century
Author :
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Total Pages : 190
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1571817018
ISBN-13 : 9781571817013
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Book Synopsis France at War in the Twentieth Century by : Valerie Holman

Download or read book France at War in the Twentieth Century written by Valerie Holman and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: France experienced four major conflicts in the fifty years between 1914 and 1964: two world wars, and the wars in Indochina and Algeria. In each the role of myth was intricately bound up with memory, hope, belief, and ideas of nation. This is the first book to explore how individual myths were created, sustained, and used for purposes of propaganda, examining in detail not just the press, radio, photographs, posters, films, and songs that gave credence to an imagined event or attributed mythical status to an individual, but also the cultural processes by which such artifacts were disseminated and took effect. Reliance on myth, so the authors argue, is shown to be one of the most significant and durable features of 20th century warfare propaganda, used by both sides in all the conflicts covered in this book. However, its effective and useful role in time of war notwithstanding, it does distort a population's perception of reality and therefore often results in defeat: the myth-making that began as a means of sustaining belief in France's supremacy, and later her will and ability to resist, ultimately proved counterproductive in the process of decolonization.


France at War in the Twentieth Century Related Books

France at War in the Twentieth Century
Language: en
Pages: 190
Authors: Valerie Holman
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: Berghahn Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

France experienced four major conflicts in the fifty years between 1914 and 1964: two world wars, and the wars in Indochina and Algeria. In each the role of myt
The Columbia History of Twentieth-century French Thought
Language: en
Pages: 828
Authors: Lawrence D. Kritzman
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Unrivaled in its scope and depth, "The Columbia History of Twentieth-Century French Thought" assesses the intellectual figures, movements, and publications that
Traces of War
Language: en
Pages: 262
Authors: Colin Davis
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-11-28 - Publisher: Liverpool University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Traces of War examines how the trauma of the Second World War influenced the work of the brilliant generation of writers and intellectuals who lived through it.
The Legacies of Two World Wars
Language: en
Pages: 331
Authors: Lothar Kettenacker
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-08-01 - Publisher: Berghahn Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The US invasion of Iraq in 2003 was done mainly, if one is to believe US policy at the time, to liberate the people of Iraq from an oppressive dictator. However
Anglo-French Relations in the Twentieth Century
Language: en
Pages: 368
Authors: Alan Sharp
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-03-11 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Anglo-French Relations in the Twentieth Century is a collection of studies on the key episodes of the difficult and often discordant Anglo-French exchange over