This book explores the contours of civic identity in the town of Vichy, France. Over the course of its history, Vichy has been known for three things: its therm

From 1941 to 1943, the Jewish American writer and avant-garde icon Gertrude Stein translated for an American audience thirty-two speeches in which Marshal Phili

In its totality, the “Long Second World War”—extending from the beginning of the Spanish Civil War to the end of hostilities in 1945—has exerted enormou

This text tells the story of French statues and monuments that were melted down and shipped to Nazi munitions factories during the Second World War.

Defending National Treasures explores the fate of art and cultural heritage during the Nazi occupation of France. The French cultural patrimony was a crucial lo