ATKIN Nicholas Petain - London: Longman, 1998 - 238p. - Profiles in power . A biography of the First World War French General, who as prime minister in 1940 conceded an armistice to the Germans and agreed form the Vichy government. ISBN: 0582070376 (pbk.) Subjects--Topical Terms: BIOGRAPHIESFRANCEHISTORYPETAINPOLITICS