Ep 40: Michael S. Neiberg on Vichy France

Michael S. Neiberg, Chair of War Studies in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the U.S. Army War College, joins the show to talk American policy towards Vichy France.

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Times 

• 01:21 Introduction

• 02:15 Vichy France - An Overview

• 06:38 A Phony War

• 09:16 American Assumptions Pre-war

• 13:09 Isolationism No Longer Works

• 24:30 Roosevelt’s Policy 

• 28:45 Stress In The Anglo-American Alliance

• 33:03 American Vision Of A Post-War World

• 36:00 Vichy Unveiled 

• 39:01 Chaos In North Africa

    • 43:19 Vichy’s Shame

• 51:57 de Gaulle