The French Historical Narrative and the Fall of France focuses on assessments of the fall of France in June 1940 and its impact on France's historical narrative, placing Simone Weil's writing of 1938 to 1943 within this continuum.

Preface

Chapter One: Historical Narrative and the Founding of the French Third Republic

Chapter Two: The Double Challenge to "Sacred History": Interwar Pacifism and the 150th Commemoration of the French Revolution in 1939

Chapter Three: The Debacle: The Debate Engaged

In the Way of a Conclusion

Bibliography

About the Author