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Instructions for American servicemen in France during World War II / with a new foreword by Rick Atkinson.
Uniform title
Pocket guide to France.
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Description
xiii, 72 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 16 cm
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DC28 .P63 2008s
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National characteristics, French
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World War, 1939-1945
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France
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French
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France
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Description and travel
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United States. Army Service Forces. Information and Education Division
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Summary note
This pamphlet is equal parts guidebook, cultural snapshot, and propaganda piece. A central aim is to dispel any prejudices American soldiers may have about the French-- especially relating to their quick capitulation in 1940. Warning soldiers that the defeat "is a raw spot which the Nazis have been riding" since the occupation began. Instructions is careful to highlight France's long historical role as a major U.S. ally. Following that is a brief sketch of the French character and stark reminders of the deprivation the French have endured under occupation. Yet an air of reassuring confidence pervades the final section of the pamphlet, which reads like a straightforward tourists' guide to Paris and the provinces-- like a promise of better days to come once the soldiers complete their mission.
Notes
Originally published: A pocket guide to France / Army Information Branch of the Army Service Forces, United States Army. 1944.
Contents
Why you're going to France
The United States soldier in France
A few pages of French history
Observation post
In parting
Annex : various aids.
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ISBN
9780226841724 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
0226841723 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2007043865
OCLC
177067830
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