First English edition, first impression. 60pp. Tan printed self-folding light card covers; red and black titles on front and spine; flaps. 12mo. Heavily worn and sun-faded spine; 1cm loss at head; 16cm closed tear from head to heel at front joint. Front cover soiled; moderate water staining. Rear cover missing. Dusty top text block edge; fore-edge untrimmed. Signature binding. Previous owner's name stamped on front free endpaper. Internally neat and clean. Foreword by Viscount Cecil.
After the French defeat by the Germans in the second world war, Marshall Pétain led an authoritarian Vichy government that collaborated with Nazi Germany. Although Petain dismissed Laval in 1940, he was later reinstated, and under Laval's influence, the collaboration with the Nazis became more active and wide-ranging. This collaboration was seen as treason by some and led to trials and executions for both men after the war.
