BEAUFRE, General André; Translated from the French by Desmond Flower.
1940: The Fall of France.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf , 1968.
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"The wind of history, when it rises, overwhelms the will of mankind - but it lies within the capacity of man to foresee these storms, to ride them": First Edition of General André Beaufre's 1940: The Fall of France
First American edition of this thorough examination of the events leading up to France's defeat during the Second World War. Octavo, original maroon cloth, yellow top stain, illustrated with maps, with a preface by Captain Sir Basil Liddell Hart. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Craig Dodd.
'1940: The Fall of France' describes the discordant atmosphere that dominated the country after the First World War and into the Second. Seasoned General André Beaufre carefully analyzes himself, his generation, and his government in this eloquent autobiographical record.
1940: The Fall of France.
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