Three Marshals of France

It should come as no surprise, following on the heels of his fascinating, prize-winning study, "France, soldiers and Africa", that Dr. Anthony Clayton's new work provides unique and thought-provoking insight into French military history in the period following the outbreak of the Second World War to the troubled years of the de Gaulle regime. Marshals Juin, de Lattre de Tassigny, and Leclerc de Hauteclocque were the three great commanders of the French Army in the 1940s and 1950s. Although their social backgrounds and opinions on command all differed, all three exhibited a distinctly different style of leadership and led adventurous personal lives. For the first time in any single volume, their careers are appraised and compared in the wider context of French military command behaviour characteristics. Of interest to students of the Second World War, French post-war politics and colonial campaigns. "Three marshals of France" is a compelling tale of three remarkable men and their pivotal role in the rebirth of a nation.

Anthony Clayton
Hardcover, 229 pages, 1992


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