| Description |
1 online resource (x, 297 pages) |
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Routledge Studies in Modern European History |
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Routledge studies in modern European history.
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| Contents |
France at the Paris Peace Conference: addressing the dilemmas of security / David Stevenson -- France and the politics of steel, from the Treaty of Versailles to the International Steel Entente, 1919-1926 / Jacques Bariéty -- Raymond Poincaré and the Ruhr crisis / John F.V. Keiger -- Economics and Franco-Belgian relations in the inter-war period / Eric Bussière -- Reparations and war debts: the restoration of French financial power, 1919-1929 / Denise Artuad -- Business as usual: the limits of French economic diplomacy, 1926-1933 / Robert Boyce -- René Massigli and Germany, 1919-1938 / Raphäelle Ulrich -- Franco-Italian relations in flux, 1918-1940 / Pierre Guillen -- In defense of the Maginot Line: security policy, domestic politics and the economic depression in France / Martin S. Alexander -- A douce and dextrous persuasion: French propaganda and Franco-American relations in the 1930s / Robert J. Young -- Daladier, Bonnet and the decision-making process during the Munich crisis, 1938 / Yvon Lacaze -- Intelligence and the end of appeasement / Peter Jackson -- France and the phoney war, 1939-1940 / Talbot Imlay |
| Summary |
"The sudden and wholly unexpected fall of France in 1940 was one of the most shocking events of modern times. So easily did German forces overrun the country that in retrospect it seemed almost self-evident that France was feeble or incompetently led or both." |
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"This book, which includes essays from young scholars as well as French experts whose work is little known outside France, places France's fall in the wider context of inter-war international relations. It challenges the conventional wisdom, which claims that the fall was inevitable, attributable to French pre-war decadence. Instead the collection shows that there is nothing simple or straight-forward about the French inter-war experience. Discussion ranges from the Treaty of Versailles and the International Steel Entente, to French propaganda and Franco-American relations in the 1930s |
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There are striking differences of emphasis and interpretation among the contributors and these serve to illustrate the challenge facing students of inter-war history in analysing the performance of France. The impact of this history is evident in current French policy and it remains a central issue for students of contemporary international relations, history and politics."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Munich Four-Power Agreement (1938) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50063330
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Munich Four-Power Agreement fast |
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International relations -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY.
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Diplomatic relations
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Economic policy
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International relations
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Sicherheitspolitik
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Außenpolitik
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Buitenlandse politiek.
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Militaire politiek.
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Maginot, Ligne (France)
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Accords de Munich (1938)
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France -- Foreign relations -- 1914-1940.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051247
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France -- History, Military -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051435
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France -- Economic policy -- 1918-1945.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051224
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Maginot Line (France) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85079633
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France
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France -- Maginot Line
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Frankreich
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France -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1870-1940.
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France -- Relations extérieures -- 1914-1940.
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France -- Politique économique -- 1918-1945.
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France -- Histoire militaire -- 20e siècle.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Military history
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Boyce, Robert W. D., 1943-
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| LC no. |
97032013 |
| ISBN |
9780203979228 |
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0203979222 |
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9780415150392 |
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0415150396 |
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9786610140503 |
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6610140502 |
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1134748272 |
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9781134748273 |
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1134748264 |
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9781134748266 |
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