William A. Hoisington, Jr is Professor Emeritus of Modern European and French Colonial History at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of two prize-winning books on the history of French imperialism in North Africa, 'The Casablanca Connection: French Colonial Policy, 1936-1943' (North Carolina, 1984), which has been translated into French and Arabic, and 'Lyautey and the French Conquest of Morocco' (St. Martin's & Macmillan, 1995).

• Preface 1. Taxpayer Revolt in France Part 1: Toward the Sixth of February Part 2: Jacques Lemaigre Dubreuil and the Taxpayers' Federation 2. France's Fall and the Vichy Change Part 1: Mission to Romania, 1940 Part 2: Le Jour-Echo de Paris Part 3: Georges Lesieur et ses Fils 3. Defending French Africa 4. Working for Giraud 5. To Die in Casablanca Conclusion Bibliography

William A. Hoisington, Jr is Professor Emeritus of Modern European and French Colonial History at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of two prize-winning books on the history of French imperialism in North Africa, 'The Casablanca Connection: French Colonial Policy, 1936-1943' (North Carolina, 1984), which has been translated into French and Arabic, and 'Lyautey and the French Conquest of Morocco' (St. Martin's & Macmillan, 1995).

• Preface 1. Taxpayer Revolt in France Part 1: Toward the Sixth of February Part 2: Jacques Lemaigre Dubreuil and the Taxpayers' Federation 2. France's Fall and the Vichy Change Part 1: Mission to Romania, 1940 Part 2: Le Jour-Echo de Paris Part 3: Georges Lesieur et ses Fils 3. Defending French Africa 4. Working for Giraud 5. To Die in Casablanca Conclusion Bibliography