The French empire at war draws on original research in France and Britain to investigate the history of the divided French empire - the Vichy and the Free French empires - during the Second World War. What emerges is a fascinating story. While it is clear that both the Vichy and Free French colonial authorities were only rarely masters of their
Author Biography
Martin Thomas is Lecturer in European History at the University of Exeter. He is also the author of The French Empire between the wars.
