Strange Defeat seems to be directed at the French people as well as the French government. The document outlines the flaws of the French policies during the nazi invasion and analyzes what could have been done differently to avoid occupation. Because of the nature of the work, people all over the world can read Strange Defeat and learn a great deal about a nations foreign and domestic policies and how they correspond with the execution of them.

The tone of this work is somewhat dismal and it is apparent that, at the time, Bloc was frustrated with the French Government and its policies. The year the document was written, 1940, the French Vichy Government had passed sanctions against Jewish citizens. This was known as the Statut des Juifs, which excluded Jews in Vichy from most areas of public life. This fueled the fire of anti-Semitism, which was on the rise because of Hitler's Nazi Germany. Bloch was granted immunity from the statute bu

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Approximate Word count = 636
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)