Ego-histories of France and the Second World War

This volume presents the intellectual autobiographies of fourteen leading scholars in the fieldsof history, literature, film and cultural studies who have dedicated a considerable part of theircareer to researching the history and memories of France during the Second World War. Basedin five different countries, Margaret Atack, Marc Dambre, Laurent Douzou, Hilary Footitt, RobertGildea, Richard J. Golsan, Bertram M. Gordon, Christopher Lloyd, Colin Nettelbeck, DenisPeschanski, Renée Poznanski, Henry Rousso, Peter Tame, and Susan Rubin Suleiman have playeda crucial role in shaping and reshaping what has become a thought-provoking field of research.This volume, which also includes an interview with historian Robert O. Paxton, clarifies therationales and driving forces behind their work and thus behind our current understanding ofone of the darkest and most vividly remembered pages of history in contemporary France.