Road to Vichy, 1918-1938

I strongly recommend The Road to Vichy for anyone who wants to learn how to react with independence and integrity to the maddening events of our century. The Journal Of Politics ...a welcome event. Cross Currents This paperback reissue...will be welcomed by those teaching courses on contemporary France to students who may not all be French majors. French Studies Bravo! for making this work available again to American readers. It could not have come at a better time in our history. A very humane Christian critique of pro-fascist Christians. -- Robert Soucy, Oberlin College French Studies Written in 1941, this book displays the passion with which Yves Simon viewed the fate of his country as it moved toward Nazification. Simon's writings have been famous for their lucidity, and that quality is just as evident in what is essentially a work of history as it is in his philosophical writings...The Road to Vichy provides an extraordinarily valuable look at a crucial period in history by one who was an active participant in the events that he describes. Ever the moralist, Simon is ableto see through a web of complex events to just where the treachery and the foolishness lie...In his Introduction, John Hellman does a magnificent job at supplying additional historical background. A new index has been supplied for this edition. This bookis highly recommended as a study in some of the lessons that history can provide. Review of Politics Written in 1941, this book displays the passion with which Yves Simon viewed the fate of his country as it moved toward Nazification. Simon's writings have been famous for their lucidity, and that quality is just as evident in what is essentially a work of history as it is in his philosophical writings...The Road to Vichy provides an extraordinarily valuable look at a crucial period in history by one who was an active participant in the events that he describes. Ever the moralist, Simon is able to see through a web of complex events to just where the treachery and the foolishness lie...In his Introduction, John Hellman does a magnificent job at supplying additional historical background. A new index has been supplied for this edition. This book is highly recommended as a study in some of the lessons that history can provide. Review of Politics I strongly recommend The Road to Vichy for anyone who wants to learn how to react with independence and integrity to the maddening events of our century. The Journal Of Politics ...a welcome event. Cross Currents This paperback reissue...will be welcomed by those teaching courses on contemporary France to students who may not all be French majors. French Studies Bravo! for making this work available again to American readers. It could not have come at a better time in our history. A very humane Christian critique of pro-fascist Christians. -- Robert Soucy, Oberlin College French Studies