General Maxime Weygand, 1867-1965

Anthony Clayton is a retired official of the British Colonial Government of Kenya, former Senior Lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, and former Associate Lecturer at the University of Surrey. He is author of 16 books, including Paths of Glory: The French Army, 1914–1918; The British Officer: Leaders of the Army from 1660s to the Present; Defeat: When Nations Lose a War; and Warfare in Woods and Forests (IUP, 2012).

• Preface and Acknowledgments1. Birth and Early Years, 1867-19142. Chief of Staff, 1914-19183. Versailles, Warsaw, Syria, 1919-19244. Defense Policy in a Fractured France, 1925-19395. Commander-in-Chief, May-June 19406. Minister for National Defense, June-September 19407. A General Out of Step: North Africa, 1940-19418. Final Misfortunes and Final Years, 1941-1965NotesSelect BibliographyIndex

"Clayton's concise biography of this controversial figure successfully demonstrates that Weygand was a loyal and consistent supporter of the Republican system, not the closeted Rightist of many general works. . . . Weygand's career reflects a fundamental fault line of mutual suspicion between right and left dating to the French Revolution. . . . Clayton understands the dynamics of the 20th-century French army as well as any scholar writing in English."—Dennis Showalter, author of Armor and Blood: The Battle of Kursk: The Turning Point of World War II"Clayton brings an insightful outsider's perspective on a controversial figure of French history."—Conrad Allen, H-War