Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Map: Pétain’s last journeys xi
5. Acknowledgements xiii
6. Dramatis Personae xv
7. Introduction: The Fateful Handshake xix
8. Part One Before the Trial
9. 1 The Last Days of Vichy 1
10. 2 A Castle in Germany 13
11. 3 Paris after Liberation 25
12. 4 Pétain’s Return 40
13. 5 Preparing the Trial 59
14. 6 Interrogating the Prisoner 77
15. Part Two In the Courtroom
16. 7 France Waits 95
17. 8 First Day in Court 105
18. 9 Republican Ghosts 123
19. 10 Debating the Armistice 134
20. 11 The Defence Fights Back 151
21. 12 Last Witnesses for the Prosecution 162
22. 13 ‘You Will Not Make Me Say That the Marshal is a Traitor’ 181
23. 14 The Pierre Laval Show 194
24. 15 Generals and Bureaucrats 216
25. 16 The Absent Jews 232
26. 17 The Count, the Assassin and the Blind General 240
27. 18 Réquisitoire and Plaidoiries 251
28. 19 The Verdict 268
29. Part Three Afterlives
30. 20 The Prisoner 283
31. 21 Vichy Emerges from the Catacombs 295
32. 22 Keepers of the Flame 303
33. 23 Memory Wars 314
34. 24 Remembering the Jews 330
35. 25 Judging Pétain Today 346
36. Epilogue: On the Pétain Trail 362
37. Notes 375
38. Sources 409
39. Index 417