Strange Defeat: A Statement of Evidence Written in 1940 Condition:Well Read Publication Date: 16 Jan 2009

Publication Date: 16 Jan 2009

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Strange Defeat: A Statement of Evidence Written in 1940 Condition:Well Read Publication Date: 16 Jan 2009Marc Bloch was a world renowned medieval historian who was read and valued by scholars far beyond the Sorbonne, of which he was a distinguished member. He fought in both World Wars, and in 1942, when fifty, became active in the French Resistance. Two years later he was caught by the Germans, tortured, and executed. This book, left in draft, is a moving document and a penetrating analysis of the disaster he witnessed at first hand. Though written early