Season of Infamy: A Diary of War and Occupation, 1939-1945

By: Charles Rist

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Synopsis: &“A valuable account of what one significant and perceptive Frenchman experienced during the protracted disgrace of France as a vassal state of Nazi Germany.&” —Publishers Weekly In 1939, the 65-year-old French political economist Charles Rist was serving as advisor to the French government and consultant to the international banking and business world. As France anxiously awaited a German invasion, Rist traveled to America to negotiate embargo policy. Days after his return to Paris, the German offensive began and with it the infamous season of occupation. Retreating to his villa in Versailles, Rist turned his energies to the welfare of those closest to him, while in his diary he began to observe the unfolding of the war. Here the deeply learned Rist investigates the causes of the disaster and reflects on his country&’s fate, placing the behavior of the &“people&” and the &“elite&” in historical perspective. Though well-connected, Rist and his family and friends were not exempt from the perils and tragedies of war, as the diary makes clear. Season of Infamy presents a distinctive, closely-observed view of life in France under the occupation.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 574 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780253019516
Related ISBNs:: 9780253019448
Publisher:: Indiana University Press
Date of Addition:: 01/11/25
Copyrighted By:: Robert O. Paxton, Michele Mckay Aynesworth, Charles Rist
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Foreword by:: Robert J. Paxton
Translator:: Michele McKay Aynesworth