War of Words - Britain, France and Discourses of Empire during the Second World War
War of Words - Britain, France and Discourses of Empire during the Second World War
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口水战——二战期间的英国、法国和帝国话语
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10.1017/9781009180993
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2022
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Chin R
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Chin R
《口水战》认为，1940年至1945年间在法国殖民领土上爆发的冲突，对于理解整个战争期间英国、维希和自由法国的决策至关重要。通过分析围绕这些冲突的言论，Rachel Chin表明，帝国资产的价值不仅仅是物质和战略资源。他们是权力、威望和国家合法性的强大象征。她表明，拥有和持有帝国领土是维希和自由法国相互竞争的核心，他们声称自己代表了真正的法国民族，而法英合作与竞争的对立形象是这些争论的核心。所选的案例研究展示了英法关系在整个战争期间的演变，并证明了法国殖民帝国在这些转变中发挥了决定性作用。
War of Words argues that the conflicts that erupted over French colonial territory between 1940 and 1945 are central to understanding British, Vichy and Free French policy-making throughout the war. By analysing the rhetoric that surrounded these clashes, Rachel Chin demonstrates that imperial holdings were valued as more than material and strategic resources. They were formidable symbols of power, prestige and national legitimacy. She shows that having and holding imperial territory was at the core of competing Vichy and Free French claims to represent the true French nation and that opposing images of Franco-British cooperation and rivalry were at the heart of these arguments. The selected case studies show how British-Vichy-Free French relations evolved throughout the war and demonstrate that the French colonial empire played a decisive role in these shifts.