ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 1999
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Polovna knjiga, korice blago pohabane, unutrašnjost odlično očuvana.

Izdavač: W. W. Norton and Company - New York, London,
1999. god.
Broširan povez, 21 cm.
178 str.

Mark Blok je napisao *Čudan poraz* tokom tri meseca nakon pada Francuske, po povratku kući iz vojne službe. Uprkos dubokoj patnji, on je u proučavanje ove krize „uneo svu kritičku oštrinu i svu pronicljivost analize jednog vrhunskog istoričara” (*Christian Science Monitor*).

Blok detaljno razmatra vojne neuspehe kojima je prisustvovao, istražujući zašto Francuska nije bila u stanju da na napad odgovori brzo i efikasno. On iznosi lično viđenje bitke za Francusku, nakon čega sledi oštra analiza međuratnog naraštaja. Njegov oštar tekst glasi da je neposredni uzrok katastrofe bila potpuna nesposobnost Vrhovne komande, ali njegova analiza obuhvata širi opseg: on procenjuje sve činioce - kako društvene, tako i vojne - koji su još od 1870. godine potkopavali francusku nacionalnu solidarnost.

Strange Defeat - Marc Bloch

Marc Bloch wrote Strange Defeat during the three months following the fall of France, after he returned home from military service. In the midst of his anguish, he nevertheless `brought to his study of the crisis all the critical faculty and all the penetrating analysis of a first-rate historian` (Christian Science Monitor).

Bloch takes a close look at the military failures he witnessed, examining why France was unable to respond to attack quickly and effectively. He gives a personal account of the battle of France, followed by a biting analysis of the generation between the wars. His harsh conclusion is that the immediate cause of the disaster was the utter incompetence of the High Command, but his analysis ranges broadly, appraising all the factors, social as well as military, which since 1870 had undermined French national solidarity.