Aviv Amit is a Teaching Fellow at the Department of French Studies in Tel Aviv University, Israel. He has published numerous articles and a book in the area of sociolinguistics, language policy and language contacts.

"In this rich and ambitious book ... Aviv Amit sets out to compare the wartime sociolinguistic trajectories of four of France's minority-language communities, namely Breton, Occitan, Corsican and Alsatian. ... this book certainly makes recommended reading for anyone interested in French language policy or French national minorities." (Geoffrey Roger, Language Policy, Vol. 15, 2016)

• 1. Introduction 2. History of 'Top-down' Policy towards Regional Languages in France 3. Brittany 4. Southern France 5. Corsica 6. Alsace 7. Evaluation and Assessment of Regional Language Policies and Regionalist Movements in France During World War II 8. From Exclusion to Inclusion? The Post-war Effects on Regional Languages in France 9. Conclusions ?