France at war in the twentieth century: propaganda, myth, and metaphor / edited by Valerie Holman and Debra Kelly

New York: Berghahn Books, 2000. 1st Edition. Softcover. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: x, 164 pages: illustrations; 23 cm. Contents: From war to war: a few myths, 1914-1942 / Annette Becker -- The Marseillaise as myth and metaphor: the transfer of Rouget de Lisle to the Invalides during the Great War / Avner Ben-Amos -- The image and myth of the 'Fifth Column' during the two World Wars / Christian Delporte -- Fighting myth with reality: the fall of France, Anglophobia and the BBC / Martyn Cornick -- P�tain and de Gaulle: making the meanings of the Occupation/ Christopher Flood -- Between propaganda and telling the truth: the underground French press during the Occupation (1940-1944) / Olivier Wierviorka -- Heroes and martyrs: the changing mythical status of the French Army during the Indochinese War / Nicola Cooper -- A la recherche du soldat perdu: myth, metaphor and memory in the French cinema of the Algerian War / Philip Dine. Subjects: Propaganda, French History 20th century. Mass media and public opinion France History 20th century. France History, Military 20th century.