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A French Genocide: The Vendée Hardcover – June 15, 2013

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A French Genocide: The Vendée provides a detailed narrative of the civil war in the Vendée region of western France, which lasted for much of the 1790s but was most intensely fought at the the height of the Reign of Terror, from March 1793 to early 1795. In this shocking and controversial book, Reyanld Secher argues that the massacres which resulted from the conflict between "patriotic" revolutionary forces and those of the counter-revolution were not the inevitable result of fierce battle, but rather were "premeditated, committed in cold blood, massive and systematic, and undertaken with the conscious and proclaimed will to destroy a well-defined region, and to exterminate and entire people." Drawing upon previously unavailable sources, Secher argues that more than 14 percent of the population and 18 percent of the housing stock in the Vendée was destroyed in this catastrophic conflict.

Secher's review of the social and political structure of the region presents a dramatically different image of the people on the Vendée than the stereotype common among historians favorable to the French Revolution. He demonstrates that they were not archaic and superstitious or even necessarily adverse to the forward-looking forces of the Revolution. Rather, the region turned agains the Revolution because of a series of misguided policy choices that failed to satisfy the desire for reform and offended the religious sensibilities of the Vendéans.

Using an array of primary sources, many from provincial archives, including personal accounts and statistical data, Secher convincingly argues for a demythologized view of the French Revolution. Contrary to most twentieth-century academic accounts of the Revolution, which have either ignored, apologized for, or explained away the Vendée, Secher demonstrates that the vicious nature of this civil war is a key element that forces us to reconsider the revolutionary regime. His work, available for the first time in English, provides a significant case study for readers interested in the relationships between religion, region, and political violence.

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University of Notre Dame Press
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June 15, 2013
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6.27 x 1.21 x 9.24 inches
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0268028656
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“Secher’s work is among the most significant accounts of the Revolution. This translation will be welcomed by American historians of France. It provides a significant case study for readers interested in the relationships between religion, region, and political violence.” ―Thomas Kselman, University of Notre Dame

"A comprehensive, chilling account of the protracted popular insurrection in western France against the excesses of the revolutionary regime during The Terror. The work covers a great deal of economic and social history as well as providing an operational treatment of the campaigns that may well have left 600,000 people dead. Although largely forgotten today, the operations in the Vendee set the standard for counter-insurgency operations used by the Napoleonic regime, which ultimately backfired in Spain and elsewhere." ―The NYMAS Review

“Secher belongs to a school of French historians who view the French Revolution as the godfather of the harsh leftist regimes of Lenin, Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot, and his work is a major contribution to this point of view. Through an exhaustive examination of obscure departmental archives and private parish records, Secher certainly proves that the French Reign of Terror was not restricted to the streets of Paris.” ―Library Journal

"Highly recommended. Important for all collections; accessible to general readers; of great interest to specialists.” ―Choice

“. . . an important. . . book.” ―History: Reviews of New Books

“Clearly that message still has an appeal in parts of the English-speaking world. In the year 2004 Secher’s gruesome retelling of the conflict in the Vendée reverberates in global landscape. The problem of political violence has not gone away; indeed it has become more acute.” ―Times Literary Supplement

“. . . highly recommended.” ―New Oxford Review

“In [this] controversial book, Reynald Secher takes some elements of the revisionist school and transforms them. . . . Secher sees in the violence a kind of precursor to the absolute ruthlessness of 20th-century totalitarianism.” ―New York Times Book Review (Review of French edition)

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Reynald Secher is a scholar, businessman, and author of several books and articles. He produces historical videos, and is a specialist in the field of identity and national memory.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Notre Dame Press; First American Edition (June 15, 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 328 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0268028656
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0268028657
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.3 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.27 x 1.21 x 9.24 inches

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a bit slow at times but I still enjoyed it.

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Interesting history, a bit slow at times but I still enjoyed it.

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Roberto Carlos

A Must Read

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Reynald Secher's book on the Vendee exposes the horrific brutality of the French Republicans against their fellow French Catholics! It reveals the lie of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity!! This well-concealed period of French history is now open to the world.

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bubba1526

FANTASTIC FORBIDDEN HISTORY

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 11, 2019

Reynald Secher put his academic career on the line when he wrote this book. Extremely non-PC.
He dug into the French archives to find the truth of what really happened in the Vendee.
The French Revolution has been romanticized by Hollywood and academia in the West, but it was the genesis of Marxism.
The first time in history an entire society became so self-loathing that it set itself on a self-destructive anti-theistic path.
I also recommend "For Altar and Throne". Another one hard-to-find and out-of-print, but it is an easy read.
One point, I am not a "verified purchaser" because who is going to pay the insane prices listed on this book?.
> $300...seriously?. Come on. And then have the gall to charge shipping to boot! Just stop it!.
I managed to obtain this book for $66 in new condition on eBay.
The insane prices are so no one will learn this important history.

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James

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 26, 2020

Why is this book so expensive?
Will delete review after, just wondering?

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Sharon

No Liberal wants to accept the truth

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 22, 2013

The Truth is that the French Revolutionists justified slaughter of innocent Vendeans, including the drowning of their children in the Loire in the name of "freedom". Osama Bin Laden felt the same way about America as the Revolutionists felt about the Vendee. Murdering innocence to fight "oppression" of a super government (whether it's Louis 14 or America) is never justifiable.

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Geoffrey Firmin

No loser loves history

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“There is no more Vendée. It died under our sabre along with its women and children. I have just buried it in the swamps and woods of Savenay. I have crushed the children under the hooves of our horses, massacred the women — they, at least, will not give birth to any more brigands. I have not even one prisoner to reproach myself for. I have exterminated everyone. . . . We take no prisoners, for we would have to give them the bread of liberty, and pity is not revolutionary.”

General Westermann to the Convention, December 1793

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S. Jones

Poor History

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 5, 2012

Sechur's retelling of the War in the Vendee is unfortunately filled with inaccuracy, not least which is his premise that the war constitutes the first modern genocide. It was a tragic civil war, filled with atrocity on both sides, including by the royalist army that began the rebellion, but not quite the Pol Pot-like assault on the countryside Sechur makes that civil war out to be. On the positive side the book opens a window, however flawed, into events during the revolutionary era outside of Paris, something that needs to be done outside the confines of the French academy.

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