Chapter 2 Humiliation, Collaboration, Resistance, Liberation: France, 1940 – 44
Chapter 3 The ‘Anglo – Saxon’ New World Order and the French riposte, 1940 – 1946
Chapter 4 Europe: Reconstruction and Integration, 1945 - 1952
Chapter 5 Unreliable Allies: Empire
Chapter 6 Conclusion: De Gaulle and the Anglo-Saxons, 1958-1961
Andrew J. Williams is Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, UK. He has published a number of books and articles on the history of the Great Powers in the Twentieth Century and in particular on Britain, France and the United States.
The second volume of this study of France’s unique contribution to the international relations of the last century covers the period from the Fall of France in 1940 to Charles de Gaulle’s triumphant return to power in the late 1950s. France had gone from being a victorious member of the coalition with Britain and the United States that won the First World War to a defeated nation in a few short weeks. France then experienced the humiliation of collaboration with and occupation by the enemy, followed by resistance and liberation and a slow return to global influence over the next twenty years. This volume examines how these processes played out by concentrating on France’s relations with Britain and the United States, most importantly over questions of post-war order, the integration of Europe and the withdrawal from Empire.
Andrew J. Williams is Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, UK. He has published a number of books and articles on the history of the Great Powers in the Twentieth Century and in particular on Britain, France and the United States.