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From the pageantry of Adolf Hitler's Olympic Games to the triumph of Charles de Gaulle's entry into Paris, The Cross of Lorraine carries us back to the dark days of France's occupation. Here we meet the villains, the martyrs, and the heroes of the French Resistance - itself a frail child born from the ashes of bitter defeat. The Cross of Lorraine is a novel that tells the story of the Resistance as seen through the eyes of two Americans, one an Olympic athlete, the other an expatriated wine merchant. They are not alone. Since no country ever expects to lose a war or to be subsequently occupied, no network of underground agents is ever in place to carry on the battle for freedom. Such was certainly the case in France in June of 1940. No one anticipated that the mighty French army would fold before the attacking Boche. No one had plans for how to exist after German soldiers marched into Paris. No one knew how devastating defeat at the hands of a madman eager for revenge could be. Consequently, when Charles de Gaulle coined the phrase resistance, he was speaking only figuratively. Once the armies surrendered, no official agencies remained to resist the might of the oppressor. The Germans themselves marveled at the ease with which they marched into the city. They found no fortified defenses around its perimeter, no barricades denying access, and no signs of protest. In fact, the streets stood abandoned, even as the spirit of the population stood bereft of hope. The nation had lost its heroes. No Napoleon, no Talleyrand, no Marshall Foch seemed ready to step forward and save the day. As of June 1940, Samantha James was merely an exchange student; Henri Hebert, a novice wine merchant; Jeanine Arnout, an ethnographer with the Museum of Man in Paris; Phillip Price, a foreign service officer; Dominique de Mieville, a rail worker in the yards of St. Lazare, and Jean-Lucien Poché, a quiet country boy. None of them had thoughts of becoming militant resisters. Though the seeds of res.

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History, In Germany, the concept of "1968" is enduring and synonymous with the German Student Movement, and is viewed, variously, as a fundamental liberalization, a myth, a second foundation, or an irritation.The movement's aims - radical re-imagination of the political and economic order and social hierarchy - have been understood as requiring a "long march." While the movement has been judged at best a"successful failure," cultural elites continue to engage in the construction of 1968. Ingo Cornils's book argues that writing about 1968 in Germany is no longer about the historical events or the specific objectives of a bygone counterculture, but is instead a moral touchstone, a marker of social group identity meant to keep alive (or at bay) a utopian agenda that continues to fire the imagination. The book demonstrates that the representation of 1968 as a "foundational myth" suits the needs of a number of surprisingly heterogeneous groups, and that even attempts to deconstruct the myth strengthen it. Cornils brings together for the first time the historical, literary, and media representations of the movement, showing the motivation behind and effect of almost five decades of writing about 1968. In so doing, Cornils challenges the way 1968 has been instrumentalized: as a powerful imaginary that has colonized every aspect of life in Germany, and as symbolic capital in cultural and political debates. Ingo Cornils is Senior Lecturer in German at the University of Leeds. eBook.

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In Germany, the concept of "1968" is enduring and synonymous with the German Student Movement, and is viewed, variously, as a fundamental liberalization, a myth, a second foundation, or an irritation. The movement's aims-radical re-imagination of the political and economic order and social hierarchy-have been understood as requiring a "long march." While the movement has been judged at best a "successful failure," cultural elites continue to engage in the construction of 1968. Ingo Cornils's book argues that writing about 1968 in Germany is no longer about the historical events or the specific objectives of a bygone counterculture, but is instead a moral touchstone, a marker of social group identity meant to keep alive (or at bay) a utopian agenda that continues to fire the imagination. The book demonstrates that the representation of 1968 as a "foundational myth" suits the needs of a number of surprisingly heterogeneous groups, and that even attempts to deconstruct the myth strengthen it. Cornils brings together for the first time the historical, literary, and media representations of the movement, showing the motivation behind and effect of almost five decades of writing about 1968. In so doing, Cornils challenges the way 1968 has been instrumentalized: as a powerful imaginary that has colonized every aspect of life in Germany, and as symbolic capital in cultural and political debates. Ingo Cornils is Senior Lecturer in German at the University of Leeds.

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Ingo Cornils, Books, Fiction and Literature, Writing the Revolution: The Construction of 1968 in Germany, In Germany, the concept of "1968" is enduring and synonymous with the German Student Movement, and is viewed, variously, as a fundamental liberalization, a myth, a second foundation, or an irritation. The movement's aims - radical re-imagination of the political and economic order and social hierarchy - have been understood as requiring a "long march." While the movement has been judged at best a "successful failure," cultural elites continue to engage in the construction of 1968. Ingo Cornils's book argues that writing about 1968 in Germany is no longer about the historical events or the specific objectives of a bygone counterculture, but is instead a moral touchstone, a marker of social group identity meant to keep alive (or at bay) a utopian agenda that continues to fire the imagination. The book demonstrates that the representation of 1968 as a "foundational myth" suits the needs of a number of surprisingly heterogeneous groups, and that even attempts to deconstruct the myth strengthen it. Cornils brings together for the first time the historical, literary, and media representations of the movement, showing the motivation behind and effect of almost five decades of writing about 1968. In so doing, Cornils challenges the way 1968 has been instrumentalized: as a powerful imaginary that has colonized every aspect of life in Germany, and as symbolic capital in cultural and political debates. INGO CORNILS is Senior Lecturer in German at the University of Leeds.

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