Rachel Chin

War of Words (eBook, PDF)

Britain, France and Discourses of Empire during the Second World War

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Produktbeschreibung

Analyses the imperial clashes in the Franco-British relationship during the Second World War.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009302517
• Artikelnr.: 70913357

Autorenporträt

Rachel Chin is Postdoctoral Research Associate on an AHRC-funded research project at the University of Glasgow and a member of the Scottish Council on Global Affairs.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. From the Dunkirk evacuations to the Franco-German armistice: Renegotiating the Franco-British alliance
2. The real question at issue.: British policy and the French fleet
3. A necessary tragedy? The British bombardments of the French fleet at Mers El-Kébir
4. Vichy, the free French and the battle for imperial influence at Dakar in September 1940
5. Promises of independence: Operation exporter and the struggle for the Levant
6. Operation torch: American influence and the battle for French North Africa
7. Independence on French terms: The 1943 Lebanese parliamentary crisis
8. Holding on to empire: The French bombardment of Damascus, May 1945
9. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.