The Third Republic in France, 1870-1940: Conflicts and ContinuitiesAn essential introduction to the major political problems, debates and conflicts which are central to the history of the Third Republic in France, from the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 to the fall of France in June 1940.It provides original sources, detailed commentary and helpful chronologies and bibliographies on topics including:* the emergence of the regime and the Paris Commune of 1871* Franco-German relations* anti-Semitism and the Dreyfus Affair* the role of women and the importance of the national birth-rate* the character of the French Right and of French fascism. |
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Faced with these weaknesses and failures, the Emperor, along with the Duc de Gramont (the Foreign Minister) and Emile Ollivier (the Prime Minister), decided to restore his fortunes by threatening the use of force unless the Hohenzollern ...
Faced with these weaknesses and failures, the Emperor, along with the Duc de Gramont (the Foreign Minister) and Emile Ollivier (the Prime Minister), decided to restore his fortunes by threatening the use of force unless the Hohenzollern ...
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He joined the Army of Châlons on 30 August with instructions from the Minister of War in Paris to take command if Marshal MacMahon should be incapacitated. Around six in the morning of 1 September MacMahon was severely wounded, ...
He joined the Army of Châlons on 30 August with instructions from the Minister of War in Paris to take command if Marshal MacMahon should be incapacitated. Around six in the morning of 1 September MacMahon was severely wounded, ...
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Source: E.B.Washburne, Recollections of a Minister to France, 1869–1877. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1887, I, pp. 107–9 The news of the surrender at Sedan reached Paris during the night of 3–4 September 1870.
Source: E.B.Washburne, Recollections of a Minister to France, 1869–1877. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1887, I, pp. 107–9 The news of the surrender at Sedan reached Paris during the night of 3–4 September 1870.
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PROCLAMATION TO THE ARMY Tours, 9 October 1870 Soldiers, I have left Paris to be your Minister of War. In the circumstances in which we find ourselves, I have decided to abandon usual procedures. I want to give you army commanders who ...
PROCLAMATION TO THE ARMY Tours, 9 October 1870 Soldiers, I have left Paris to be your Minister of War. In the circumstances in which we find ourselves, I have decided to abandon usual procedures. I want to give you army commanders who ...
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Member of the Government of National Defence and Minister of War, Léon Gambetta Source: J. Reinach (ed.), Dépêches, circulaires, décrets, proclamations et discours de Léon Gambetta. Paris: G. Charpentier. 1886 and 1891, I, pp.
Member of the Government of National Defence and Minister of War, Léon Gambetta Source: J. Reinach (ed.), Dépêches, circulaires, décrets, proclamations et discours de Léon Gambetta. Paris: G. Charpentier. 1886 and 1891, I, pp.
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Contents
| 1 | |
2 The political Right and Left in the early Third Republic | 24 |
3 The Dreyfus Affair and its aftermath | 50 |
4 Women and the family | 80 |
5 The First World War | 106 |
6 France after the First World War | 136 |
7 The Popular Front | 172 |
8 The fall of France June 1940 | 211 |
General bibliography | 252 |
Index | 253 |
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| Title | The Third Republic in France, 1870-1940: Conflicts and Continuities |
| Author | William Fortescue |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2017 |
| ISBN | 1351540017, 9781351540018 |
| Length | 272 pages |
| Subjects | › History / General |
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