Daileader and Whalen Thirty-Seven

Henry Rousso is a historian of the contemporary history specializing in the Vichy regime.  Rousso indicates that there was some collaboration between the Vichy regime and the Nazis.  Rousso's research contradicts the comments spoken by former Vichy officials like Francois Lehideux.  Rousso research concludes that it was the Vichy regime that sought collaboration with the Nazis and not the other way around as was formerly believed.  Rousso employs the narrative form in his writing.  Rousso discusses the political, social, and cultural effects of the occupation of the French population.

Does Rousso's work reveal hidden truths regarding the Vichy regime?

Did the Vichy officials try to benefit and profit from the Nazis at the expense of their own people?