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First Name
Valerie
Last Name
Deacon
Affiliation
NYU Shanghai
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Keywords
France, Second World War, resistance, extreme-right movements, escape and evasion, aircrews, diplomacy, alliances
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Recent Publications

The Extreme Right in the French Resistance: Members of the Cagoule and Corvignolles during the Second World War (Louisiana State University Press, 2016)

“From “femme d’officier, mère de famille” to “grand dame de la Résistance”: Marie-Madeleine Fourcade during the Second World War”, Contemporary French Civilization, July 2017; 42:2, 171-188.

“‘A jolly romp we were always destined to win’: The BBC’s ’Allo ’Allo! and British memories of downed aircrew in Occupied France during the Second World War”, Contemporary European History, February 2017; 26:1, 139-159.

“The First World War in the Middle East: Opportunism, Intervention, and Identity”, special issue of First World War Studies, eds. Andrew Patrick and Valerie Deacon (Vol. 7, No. 1), 2016

“Fitting in to the French Resistance: Georges Loustaunau-Lacau and Marie-Madeleine Fourcade at the intersection of politics and gender”, Journal of Contemporary History, April 2015; 50 (2), 259-273.

Media Coverage
Country Focus
France
Expertise by Geography
France, United Kingdom, Western Europe
Expertise by Chronology
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Expertise by Topic
Diplomacy, Gender, Military, Politics, World War I, World War II