Collapse of the Third Republic: An Inquiry into the Fall of France in 1940
by Shirer, William L
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0671203371
- ISBN 13
- 9780671203375
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1969. Second Printing. Hardcover. 0671203371 . Boards show some shelf wear, front page edges stained, does not affect text surfaces. DJ is more heavily worn with tears, creasing and chipping, large piece missing from bottom front right corner of DJ. Price-clipped. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 1082 pages; "On 6/17/40 Shirer stood in the streets of Paris watching the flow of gray German uniforms along its boulevards. In just 6 lovely weeks in the spring and summer of 1940 a single battle defeated one of the world's oldest, greatest & most civilized powersthe 2nd mightiest empire on earth & the possessor of one of the finest military machines. How did it happen? After nearly a decade of research in the archives left from WWII & after hundreds of conversations with the 3rd Republics leaders, generals, diplomats & ordinary citizens, he presents the definitive answer in his recreation of why & how France fell before Hitler." An excellent companion volume to 'Rise and Fall of the Third Reich'. .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21332
- Title
- Collapse of the Third Republic: An Inquiry into the Fall of France in 1940
- Author
- Shirer, William L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0671203371
- ISBN 13
- 9780671203375
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- 0671203371, WWII, France, Vichy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Militaria;
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