Illustrations, maps and tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chronology
Presidents and ministers of France (1914-1940)
1. France and the World
2. Armageddon
3. Peace-making, 1919
4. The Price of Victory
5. A flawed response
6. Predominance, 1919-1924
7. Locarno, 1925
8. Indian summer, 1926-1931
9. Economics, armaments, decision-making
10. Ideology, opinion and foreign policy
11. Challenges, 1932-1936
12. War again, 1936-1939
Epilogue
Notes
Guide to further reading
Index
Recent studies have challenged the view of fundamental French weakness in 1940 and, for the first time, the revisionist approach is displayed in a single volume, both summarizing the research of others and drawing on the author's own work in the archives.
Anthony Adamthwaite is Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley, USA.
'Adamthwaite skillfully mixes narrative with analysis, and
integrates diplomatic history with political, economic, social,
cultural and individual influences that ultimately shaped foreign
relations. An excellent addition to undergraduate collections.'
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'Here is a responsible but absorbing account of a troubled moment
in French history. This book richly deserves the broad readership
which it seeks.'
*The Historian*
'There are delightful pen portraits of politicians and diplomats
such as Briand, Laval, Leger and Berthelot, and a gift for the
witty phrase that makes the book a pleasure to read.'
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