The Trial of Pierre Laval: Defining Treason, Collaboration and Patriotism in World War II France

by J.KennethBrody (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2009

  $161.51

  Architect in 1940 of Marshal Petain's Vichy French regime and its prime minister from April 1942 to August 1944, at Second World War's end Pierre Laval was promptly arrested on charges of treason. This book tells the story of his trial. It considers the pretrial proceedings, or lack thereof, the evidence, and the arguments of the prosecution.