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The Expectation of Justice
Megan Koreman
其他書名
France, 1944-1946
出版
Duke University Press
, 1999
主題
History / Europe / General
History / Europe / France
History / Europe / Great Britain / General
History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General
History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater
Law / Jurisprudence
Political Science / History & Theory
Social Science / Regional Studies
Social Science / Activism & Social Justice
ISBN
9780822323730
0822323737
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=LoxJDznVMmkC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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In
The Expectation of Justice
Megan Koreman traces the experiences of three small French towns during the troubled months of the Provisional Government following the Liberation in 1944. Her descriptions of the towns' different wartime and postwar experiences contribute to a fresh depiction of mid-century France and illustrate the failure of the postwar government to adequately serve the interests of justice.
As the first social history of the "
après
-
Libération
" period from the perspective of ordinary people, Koreman's study reveals how citizens of these towns expected legal, social, and honorary justice--such as punishment for collaborators, fair food distribution, and formal commemoration of patriots, both living and dead. Although the French expected the Resistance's Provisional Government to act according to local understandings of justice, its policies often violated local sensibilities by instead pursuing national considerations. Koreman assesses both the citizens' eventual disillusionment and the social costs of the "Resistencialist myth" propagated by the de Gaulle government in an effort to hold together the fragmented postwar nation. She also suggests that the local demands for justice created by World War II were stifled by the Cold War, since many people in France feared that open opposition to the government would lead to a Communist takeover. This pattern of nationally instituted denial and suppression made it difficult for citizens to deal effectively with memories of wartime suffering and collaborationist betrayal. Now, with the end of the Cold War, says Koreman, memories of postwar injustices are resurfacing, and there is renewed interest in witnessing just and deserved closure.
This social history of memory and reconstruction will engage those interested in history, war and peace issues, contemporary Europe, and the twentieth century.