Grand Illusion: The Third Reich, the Paris Exposition, and the Cultural Seduction of France

by Karen Fiss

Franco-German cultural exchange reached its height at the 1937 Paris World's Fair, where the Third Reich worked to promote an illusion of friendship between the two countries. Through the prism of this decisive event, Grand Illusion examines the overlooked relationships among Nazi elites and French intellectuals. Their interaction, Karen Fiss argues, profoundly influenced cultural production and normalized aspects of fascist ideology in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226252019
• ISBN13: 9780226252018
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.4" x 9.8"