{"product_id":"2026200012667-secondhand-the-collapse-of-the-third-republic-an-inquiry-into-the-fall-of-france-in-1940","title":"The Collapse Of The Third Republic: An Inquiry Into The Fall Of France In 1940","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Loose binding at FEP - pages still intact. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1940, the unthinkable happened: France, one of the most powerful nations in Europe and a proud republic with deep democratic roots, collapsed in a matter of weeks under the relentless assault of Nazi Germany. William L. Shirer's monumental work, The Collapse of the Third Republic, chronicles this catastrophic defeat in devastating detail, dissecting the military failures, political paralysis, and deep social divisions that left a great nation utterly defenceless against Hitler's war machine.\n\nDrawing on his unparalleled experience as a journalist and eyewitness to the rise of the Third Reich — most famously documented in his landmark work The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich — Shirer brings both scholarly rigour and vivid narrative authority to this sweeping historical inquiry. He argues convincingly that France's fall was not merely a military disaster but the inevitable consequence of decades of internal rot: corruption, ideological conflict, and a ruling class more afraid of its own people than of the enemy at the gates. A masterwork of narrative history, this volume leaves the reader asking a haunting question: could such a collapse happen again?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130987389147,"sku":"2026200012667-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/421b0da4-cba5-45a7-8f97-bbef0ab52277.png?v=1786593693","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200012667-secondhand-the-collapse-of-the-third-republic-an-inquiry-into-the-fall-of-france-in-1940","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}