by Alain Peyrefitte · Editions du Chêne · tapa dura · ISBN 9782851086266
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«Le temps des guerres 1900-1945» is the historical essay directed by Alain Peyrefitte, published by Editions du Chêne in hardback (607 pages, in French).
The book surveys world history between 1900 and 1945, focusing on the two world wars and the interwar period. Drawing on the documentary archives and contributions of the newspaper Le Figaro, it brings together numerous colour and black-and-white photographs, maps and historical analyses of the political and social transformations of the era.
It is volume 1 of the collection «L'Aventure du XXe siècle», originally published in 1989.
Reference work for those interested in the universal history of the first half of the twentieth century and in the press as a historical source.
Alain Peyrefitte was a French scholar and politician. He was a confidant of Charles de Gaulle and had a long career in public service, serving as a diplomat in Germany and Poland. Peyrefitte is remembered for his support for partitioning Algeria amid the Algerian War.
