Shirer, William L.  (, 1904-1993) <br/><br/>
The collapse of the Third Republic  : an inquiry into the fall of France in 1940 
/ William L. Shirer 
 - New York  : Simon & Schuster  , c1969. 
 - 1082 p.  : maps  ; 25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Bibliography: p. 997-1010. 
<br/><br/> In six lovely weeks in the spring and summer of 1940 a single battle brought down in total military defeat on of the world's great powers - it's second largest empire, an old and highly civilized democracy which Thomas Jefferson said was "every man's second country."  The world watched Hitler's defeat of the French army - then believed to be one of the finest in the world - with dismay and bewilderment.  How had this come about?  What did it mean for all the rest of us? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0-671-20337-1 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>World War, 1939-1945
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>944.08 SHI