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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Source: 'Sedan et Wilhelmshöhe', La Revue de Paris, 15 October 1929, pp. 857–9 This is a record made of the exchanges between General de Wimpffen (the French army commander), General von Moltke (the German army commander) and Count von ...
Source: 'Sedan et Wilhelmshöhe', La Revue de Paris, 15 October 1929, pp. 857–9 This is a record made of the exchanges between General de Wimpffen (the French army commander), General von Moltke (the German army commander) and Count von ...
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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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On 7 October he escaped from Paris in a balloon and managed to reach Tours, then the government's provincial headquarters, where he assumed the additional powers of Minister of Defence. Appealing to the precedent of 1792–3, ...
On 7 October he escaped from Paris in a balloon and managed to reach Tours, then the government's provincial headquarters, where he assumed the additional powers of Minister of Defence. Appealing to the precedent of 1792–3, ...
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In these circumstances, on 7 October Bazaine ordered his corps commanders and commanders of special forces to attend a council of war on 10 October. The tone of the letter was defeatist, and the council of war duly concluded that the ...
In these circumstances, on 7 October Bazaine ordered his corps commanders and commanders of special forces to attend a council of war on 10 October. The tone of the letter was defeatist, and the council of war duly concluded that the ...
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During September and October Thiers visited London, St Petersburg, Vienna and Florence, duly securing the international backing he requested. However, Favre had already discovered at his meeting with Bismarck at Ferrières on 18 ...
During September and October Thiers visited London, St Petersburg, Vienna and Florence, duly securing the international backing he requested. However, Favre had already discovered at his meeting with Bismarck at Ferrières on 18 ...
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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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Bibliographic information
| 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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