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Winner of the Society for Military History's Distinguished Book Award

"Deeply researched and forcefully written . . . deftly explains the confused politics and diplomacy that bedeviled the war against the Nazis."-Wall Street Journal

"Neiberg is one of the very best historians on wartime France, and his approach to the…

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A compelling review of America's troubled World War II policy towards Vichy France.

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