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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... soldiers, without rifles or equipment, constantly rushed forward, throwing themselves into the town. At the drawbridges the congestion was terrible, with some unfortunate soldiers being crushed to death. Cavalrymen were dragged by their ...
... soldiers, without rifles or equipment, constantly rushed forward, throwing themselves into the town. At the drawbridges the congestion was terrible, with some unfortunate soldiers being crushed to death. Cavalrymen were dragged by their ...
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... soldiers should be free to return to France while promising on their word of honour not to bear arms against Germany again as long as the war lasted. Count von Bismarck then intervened. He said that the King of Prussia had too much ...
... soldiers should be free to return to France while promising on their word of honour not to bear arms against Germany again as long as the war lasted. Count von Bismarck then intervened. He said that the King of Prussia had too much ...
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... soldiers, 419 cannon and all the equipment of an army after just one day's serious fighting (Howard, 1968, pp. 222–3). This confirmed Germany as the dominant military power in Europe. With the German capture of Napoleon III, Sedan also ...
... soldiers, 419 cannon and all the equipment of an army after just one day's serious fighting (Howard, 1968, pp. 222–3). This confirmed Germany as the dominant military power in Europe. With the German capture of Napoleon III, Sedan also ...
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... soldiers of every arm, who, in the presence of the people, removed the cartridges from their guns, and who were greeted by the cries, 'Long live the nation!' 'Down with the Bonapartes!' 'To Berlin!' etc. During all of this time there ...
... soldiers of every arm, who, in the presence of the people, removed the cartridges from their guns, and who were greeted by the cries, 'Long live the nation!' 'Down with the Bonapartes!' 'To Berlin!' etc. During all of this time there ...
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... soldiers, I have an imperious duty to demand of you. There is no need to ask the sons of France to be courageous and determined; but if you are the bravest soldiers in the world, you must also be the most disciplined! This is the price ...
... soldiers, I have an imperious duty to demand of you. There is no need to ask the sons of France to be courageous and determined; but if you are the bravest soldiers in the world, you must also be the most disciplined! This is the price ...
Contents
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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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The Third Republic in France, 1870-1940: Conflicts and Continuities William Fortescue Limited preview - 2017 |
The Third Republic in France 1870-1940: Conflicts and Continuities William Fortescue Limited preview - 2002 |
The Third Republic in France, 1870-1940: Conflicts and Continuities William Fortescue Limited preview - 2000 |
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