Ego-histories of France and the Second World War: Writing Vichy

Part 1: Opening Reflections.- 1.Introduction: Ego-histories, France and the Second World War; Manuel Bragança & Fransiska Louwagie.- 2.Interview with Robert O. Paxton, on the writing of history and ego-history; Robert O. Paxton with Manuel Bragança & Fransiska Louwagie.- Part 2: Voices from France.- 3.Currents and Counter-currents; Marc Dambre.- 4.Resisting Fragments; Laurent Douzou.- 5. From a foreign country; Henry Rousso.- 6. On Chance and Necessity; Denis Peschanski.- Part 3: Voices across the Channel.- 7. In the Forests of the Night: England, France and the Writing of War; Margaret Atack.- 8. Searching for 'Contact Zones' in France's war; Hilary Footitt.- 9.A tale of two Frances and a curious ancestor; Robert Gildea.- 10.Vichy, Kingdom of Shadows; Christopher Lloyd.- 11.Writers in conflict; Peter Tame.- Part 4: Voices from far and near.- 12.Good Fortune, Good Friends; Richard J. Golsan.- 13. The Other Side: Investigating the Collaborationists in World War II France; Bertram M. Gordon.- 14.When faced with the question; Colin Nettelbeck.- 15.Born in Paris...; Renée Poznanski.- 16.Reaching Vichy via Budapest: On Zigzags, Waves and Triangles in Intellectual Life; Susan Rubin Suleiman.- Part 5: Closing Reflections.- 17. Conclusion: cross-perspectives on ego-history; Manuel Bragança & Fransiska Louwagie.- Index