OCCUPATION: THE ORDEAL OF FRANCE 1940-1944
Book ID/图书代码： 00530015B81886
English Summary/英文概要： The real story of the Occupation uncovers a reality more complex, more human and ultimately more moving than the myths which have grown after the event. Defeat in 1940 left the French so demoralized that they readily supported the Vichy regime, committed not just to pragmatic collaborations but to finding scapegoats for the nations disgrace. Jews and Communitsts because the chief victims of a witch-hunt which left plenty of scope for private grudges as well.
Resistance came late: the Occupation was fourteen months old before the first German solider was killed. The public mood changed only as the Reich’s original correctness gave way to brutality, and as events outside France prefigured possible German defeat. But even as Liberation approached, resistance was far from being the mass army of later myth. Different visions of who should inherit France complicated the pursuit of collaborators and foreshadowed the chaos of post-war politics.
During the Occupation selfishness, bigotry and cowardice played parts as great as courage and idealism. They left a ’poisoned memory’ which persists even today. But others should not feel superior. In such an ordeal, who can claim they would have done better?
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《占领》揭露了在事件发生后，比谜团更为复杂、人性和令人动容的事实真相。1940年战败后，法国一度士气低落，轻易支持了维希政权，同意寻求务实合作，以及为国家的耻辱找代罪羔羊。犹太人和共和党人成为了女巫围捕行动的主要受害人，在这期间，也结下了颇多的私人怨恨。反抗行动很久后才展开：占领持续了14个月，直到第一个德国士兵被杀害。当德意志帝国原本的正确行径转化为残忍屠杀，法国的行动也预知了德国的失败后，公众的情绪终于被改变了。但即使解放在即，庞大军队的抵抗也迟迟没有展开。关于新一任法国继承者的各方意见使得合作意向变得复杂，也预示了战后政治的复杂局面。
在占领期间，自私、偏见和懦弱的情绪和勇气还有理想主义并存。它们所造成的伤痛记忆至今留存。但是其他人也别觉得高人一等。在这样的磨难中，谁都没有资格说自己可以做得更好呢？（XAT）
Awards/获奖情况：“这是本非常杰出的作品，第一部讲述法国被德占领后历史、社会、文化、政治以及军事方面的英语作品。”——彼得•沃克，《星期天独立者日报》
“这是第一部有关大占领的英语著作，非常全面、细致、有见解地分析了这一历史事件的起因和结果，没有褒奖也没有指责，遵循了最传统的传记风格，实际上这也是一部有关民族创伤的传记。没有经历这一切的人应该感到感恩。”——艾伦•贾德，《星期日泰晤士报》
“这是一部非常吸引人的传记作品，其中吸纳了许多法语的资料和评论，使我们了解到了大量的细节和态度。”——尤安•卡梅隆，《独立者报》
“兰•奥斯比他拥有一项惊人的天赋，他能精准地复原过去的生活和世界，为我们描述了在法国最艰难的岁月中所经历的一切。”——罗伯特•O•帕西顿，《泰晤士报文学增刊》
Review
"A brilliantly written book, the first history - social and cultural as well as political and military - of the Occupation to be published in English for the general reader." (Peter Walker Independent on Sunday)
"The first such study in English...long-overdue, informed, sensitive, balanced and insightful...Ousby carefully delineates the causes and consequences...seeking neither to blame nor praise but, in the best traditions of biography - and this is virtually a political biography of a nation in trauma - seeking to understand...A work of judicious empathy and calm, persuasive moral authority. We who were not there should be grateful." (Alan Judd Sunday Times)
"A compelling account...His book is a valuable distillation culled from the vast amount of literature on the subject available in French, and it provides a wealth of intriguing detail about daily life and contemporary attitudes." (Euan Cameron Independent)
"He has a gift for evoking concretely how life was lived and how the world looked...A reliable and moving evocation of the dilemmas of ordinary life during France’s most unendurable years." (Robert O. Paxton Times Literary Supplement)
About the Author/作者介绍： 兰•奥斯比经常用英语和法语大量地写作。他的作品有《剑桥文学指南》、《占领：1940-1944年法国所遭受的劫难》，曾获1997年伊迪丝•麦克劳德文学奖以及斯特恩银笔奖（非小说类），对英法文学交流做出了杰出的贡献。奥斯比死于2001年8月。
Ian Ousby wrote widely on subjects both English and French. His recent books include The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English and Occupation: The Ordeal of France 1940-1944, which won the 1997 Edith McLeod Literary Prize, given annually to the British book which ’has contributed most to Franco-British understanding’, and the 1997 Stern Silver PEN Award for Non-fiction. He died in August 2001.
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