France 1940 defending the republic by Nord, Philip G. 1950-

Table of Contents: “…-- Diplomacy -- Armaments and morale -- Battle plans -- Lightning war -- Armistice -- The road to Vichy -- Conclusion: The 1940 syndrome…”

France since 1870 culture, society and the making of the republic by Sowerwine, Charles 1943-

Table of Contents: “…The birth of the Third Republic, 1870-85 -- Testing time for the Republic, 1885-1918 -- The decline of the Third Republic, 1919-40 -- The Vichy interlude and its aftermath, 1940-6 -- The Fourth Republic, 1946-58 -- The Fifth Republic I, 1958-81 -- The Fifth Republic II, 1981-2007…”

The World War Two reader

Table of Contents: “…Westermann -- Race, language, and war in two cultures : World war II in Asia / John Dower -- Women in combat : the World War II experience in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, and the Soviet Union / D'ann Campbell -- Nazism, modern war and rural society in Württemberg, 1939-45 / Jill Stephenson -- Partisanes and gender politics in Vichy France / Paula Schwartz -- War and social history : Britain and the home front during the Second World War / Jose Harris -- The politics of sacrifice on the American home front in World War II / Mark H. …”