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. |
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... France, from the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1 to the fall of France in June 1940. Illuminating the contemporary issues of the day through a wealth of primary sources including memoir literature, personal correspondence, parliamentary ...
... France, from the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1 to the fall of France in June 1940. Illuminating the contemporary issues of the day through a wealth of primary sources including memoir literature, personal correspondence, parliamentary ...
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... France had always treated Prussia generously, and that France had a right to expect a certain reciprocity of goodwill. Source: 'Sedan et Wilhelmshohe', La Revue de Paris, 15 October 1929, pp. 857-9 This is a record made of the exchanges ...
... France had always treated Prussia generously, and that France had a right to expect a certain reciprocity of goodwill. Source: 'Sedan et Wilhelmshohe', La Revue de Paris, 15 October 1929, pp. 857-9 This is a record made of the exchanges ...
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... France, far from it; for France, Paris has endured the Empire, the Government of National Defence, and all their acts of treason and cowardice. The intention now is definitely not to abandon France, but only to say to her, as an elder ...
... France, far from it; for France, Paris has endured the Empire, the Government of National Defence, and all their acts of treason and cowardice. The intention now is definitely not to abandon France, but only to say to her, as an elder ...
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Contents
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The political Right and Left in the early Third Republic | 24 |
The Dreyfus Affair and its aftermath | 50 |
Women and the family | 80 |
The First World War | 106 |
France after the First World War | 136 |
The Popular Front | 172 |
The fall of France June l940 2l l | 211 |
General bibliography | 252 |
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The Third Republic in France, 1870-1940: Conflicts and Continuities William Fortescue Limited preview - 2017 |
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