The Liberal Way of War? French representations of the Allies, 1944-2008

Footitt, H. (2012) The Liberal Way of War? French representations of the Allies, 1944-2008. In: Atack, M. and LLoyd, C. (eds.) Framing narratives of the Second World War and Occupation in France, 1939-2009: New Readings. Durham Modern Languages Series. Manchester University Press, Manchester. ISBN 9780719087554

Abstract/Summary

This chapter looks at the ways in which Anglo-American participants in the Liberation of France have been represented in French narratives in the decades since the Second World War, through the developing French historiography of Allied participation in the War, and through the various roles assigned to the Allies in key postwar memorialisation ceremonies in France.