by Marc Bloch · tapa dura · ISBN 9788467433258
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In 'The Strange Defeat', Marc Bloch, a renowned 20th-century historian, offers a moving and personal testimony about the collapse of France in 1940. Through his experiences as a staff captain, Bloch analyzes the causes of the French defeat, exploring both the military and the social and political factors that contributed to the disaster. This book, written in 1940 and supplemented with clandestine political writings from his years in the resistance, is a profound analysis of a society in crisis and a call for reflection on responsibility and civic engagement.
Marc Léopold Benjamin Bloch was a French historian. He was a founding member of the Annales School of French social history. Bloch specialised in medieval history and published widely on medieval France over the course of his career. As an academic, he worked at the University of Strasbourg, the University of Paris, and the University of Montpellier.
