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The Price of Freedom
This is a significant book that investigates how the French internal resistance and external Free French movement were financed during the Second World War. It brings together the secretive financial aspects of resistance inside France with those under the control of the Free French movement in London. To date, there have been a number of studies that have followed the Gaullist movement, but none have studied how they were funded. This exploration also demonstrates the global scale of the war. It shows how the Free French were not simply a European, Atlantic-based movement, but were, in fact, colonial and operated on a global scale, shedding light on French relations with their colonies in A...
Anti-Prince
Quelque part en Occident au tournant du troisième millénaire. Revenant du Nouveau Monde, à l'issue d'une longue absence, le narrateur retrouve une vieille Europe dont l'apparence familière masque un bouleversement radical. Son cadre ancestral, incarné par le Château (l'Etat), s'effrite tandis qu'au sommet le prince, incarnation de la nation, se délite. Nouveau Candide, le voyageur désorienté se tourne alors vers son mentor qui lui explique l'avènement d'une mondialisation structurée par les diasporas, Internet et les organisations internationales. Leur dialogue entre l'ancien et le moderne résume et explique la mutation du monde à laquelle nous assistons. Publié en anglais et en italien en 1996, ce conte philosophique reste inconnu du grand public français en dépit de sa dimension prophétique.
Hitler's Banker
1932. The economic crisis in Germany was unprecedented—a severe recession, 6 million unemployed, and a collapse in the popularity of Chancellor Brüning, who was criticized for his lack of foresight and who stubbornly focused on a single objective—reducing public deficits and restoring the state's finances under pressure from other European countries. All the while far-right parties, which would soon take power, were experiencing an irrepressible rise. How can one not be struck by the similarity between the economic and political situation in Germany in 1932 and that of some Western countries in 2022? In a fictionalized biography tracing the astonishing career of Hjalmar Schacht, a Germa...
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The Making of a Global FIFA
In 1974, the Brazilian sports official João Havelange was elected FIFA’s president in a two-round election, defeating the incumbent Stanley Rous. The story told by Havelange himself describes a private odyssey in which the protagonist crisscrosses two thirds of the world canvassing for votes and challenging the institutional status quo. For many scholars, Havelange’s triumph changed FIFA’s (International Federation of Football Association) identity, gradually turning it into a global and immensely wealthy institution. Conversely, the election can be analyzed as a historical event. It can be thought of as a political window by means of which the international dynamic of a specific moment in the Cold War can be perceived. In this regard, this book seeks to understand which actors were involved in the election, how the networks were shaped, and which political agents were directly engaged in the campaign.
Jeanne d'Arc
Morte à moins de vingt ans, Jeanne occupe une place à part dans l'histoire de France. Reprenant sa vie depuis sa naissance jusqu'à sa réhabilitation en 1456, Colette Beaune s'interroge sur l'image de cette petite paysanne dans le monde médiéval. Son étude conduit à bien des mises au point. Une réévaluation politique d'abord. Même si son dévouement au roi est total, la Pucelle est autant à inscrire au sein d'un parti politique - les Armagnacs - que de la nation France. Une réévaluation religieuse ensuite. Jeanne est dans la lignée du prophétisme féminin. Avant elle, d'autres femmes ont prétendu pouvoir sauver la France. Aucune cependant n'a eu l'obstination de Jeanne. Enfin, Jeanne brouille les limites sociales - paysanne, elle fait carrière à la Cour -, sexuelles - vêtue en homme, elle fait la guerre -, ou celles du profane et du sacré - elle prêche et crée des objets sacrés. Ce charisme féminin est la source d'un pouvoir informel qui finira par gêner, même ceux qu'il avait servi. Cette biographie passionnante et novatrice a reçu le prix du Sénat du livre d'histoire.
The Princess De Montpensier
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Princess De Montpensier" by Madame de La Fayette. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
The Wind From the East
Michel Foucault, Jean-Paul Sartre, Julia Kristeva, Phillipe Sollers, and Jean-Luc Godard. During the 1960s, a who’s who of French thinkers, writers, and artists, spurred by China’s Cultural Revolution, were seized with a fascination for Maoism. Combining a merciless exposé of left-wing political folly and cross-cultural misunderstanding with a spirited defense of the 1960s, The Wind from the East tells the colorful story of this legendary period in France. Richard Wolin shows how French students and intellectuals, inspired by their perceptions of the Cultural Revolution, and motivated by utopian hopes, incited grassroots social movements and reinvigorated French civic and cultural life. Wolin’s riveting narrative reveals that Maoism’s allure among France’s best and brightest actually had little to do with a real understanding of Chinese politics. Instead, it paradoxically served as a vehicle for an emancipatory transformation of French society. Recounting the cultural and political odyssey of French students and intellectuals in the 1960s, The Wind from the East illustrates how the Maoist phenomenon unexpectedly sparked a democratic political sea change in France.
