Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9789004265233
Series Statement:
History of warfare v. 95
Content:
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1. From Hope to Disappointment -- 2. Marseille Chicago -- 3. Enthusiasm and Co-operation -- 4. Policing Opposition -- 5. Anti-Semitic Policing -- 6. The Hunt for German Spies -- 7. Ripping the Heart out of Marseille -- 8. Disaffection and Unreliability -- 9. The New Slave Trade -- 10. New Rivals -- 11. Towards Liberation -- 12. A New Police for a New France? -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Content:
Simon Kitson's Police and Politics in Marseille, 1936-1945 offers a ’history from below’ analysis of the attitude of the Marseille Police between the Popular Front and the Liberation of France. Kitson highlights the specificities of policing France’s largest port: clientelism, corruption, a floating population and high levels of criminality, including organised crime. But he also demonstrates why many of his conclusions about Police attitude can be generalised to other parts of France and, in so doing, challenges many of the assumptions of the existing historiography. Although they zealously hunted down Jews and communists, the Police were not as reliable for the Vichy government as is commonly assumed and were, undoubtedly, far more involved in Resistance than most sectors of society
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004248359
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Police and Politics in Marseille, 1936-1945 Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2014 ISBN 9789004248359
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004265233
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