Pétain | Bénédicte Vergez-Chaignon

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Pétain

Bénédicte Vergez-Chaignon

Collection : Tempus

Release date : 08/10/2020

The first French biography of Pétain to appear in thirty years

Our knowledge of Marshal Pétain (1856-1951) is often summed up in Verdun, Vichy, his rivalry with de Gaulle, his commuted death sentence, and his reputation as a ladies’ man. This, however, is an in-depth biography which incorporates several new elements and brings a new perspective to the extraordinary and steady... Our knowledge of Marshal Pétain (1856-1951) is often summed up in Verdun, Vichy, his rivalry with de Gaulle, his commuted death sentence, and his reputation as a ladies’ man. This, however, is an in-depth biography which incorporates several new elements and brings a new perspective to the extraordinary and steady rise of an individual who retained his part of mystery. Pétain the orphan was a young man who loved sports, studies, and teaching. August 1914 transformed his destiny. In four years, the colonel on the verge of retirement became head of the French army (while continuing an active love life on the side). Thus began his unique relationship with the French people, which would continue until the summer of 1944 and beyond. The author’s evolving political, military, intellectual, physical and psychological portrait of this controversial figure is strikingly different from the limited dimensions of the traditional perception of Pétain.

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