France and the Coming of the Second World War, 1936-1939

✍ Scribed by Anthony Adamthwaite

Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2021
Tongue: English
Leaves: 463
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

First published in 1977, France and the Coming of the Second World War investigates the policies that led to the collapse of French power. The book argues that this collapse was the result of social, political, and economic troubles that buffeted French leaders. It uses a wealth of documents to explore common debates, such as Britain’s culpability for France’s inability to prevent Germany’s reoccupation of the Rhineland. It also puts forward the threat of Italy and the Mediterranean as France’s main preoccupation, rather than Germany and central Europe. France and the Coming of the Second World War uses an extensive range of archival material and includes the private papers of Daladier, Bonnet, and a number of other prominent figures. It will appeal to those with an interest in the history of the Second World War, political history, and social history.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Original Title Page
Original Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chronological List of Major Events, 1933-39
Maps: 1. European Frontiers After the First World War
2. Europe, 1938-1939
Part One: The Setting
1: Dilemma
2: Quest for Security
3: Wit’s End
4: Wait and See
5: Retreat
Part Two: Personnel and Machinery of Policy-Making
6: Enter Daladier and Bonnet
7: The Cabinet
8: Parliament
9: Quai d’Orsay
10: The Armed Forces
Part Three: Undeclared War
11: ‘Czechoslovakia 1938’
12: ‘Better Late than Never’
13: Strategy and Diplomacy
14: ‘L’ Effort Du Sang’
15: A Free Hand in the East?
16: Penguins and Porpoises
17: A Change of course
18: Calm Before the Storm
19: Last Days
Conclusions
Abbreviations
Notes to Chapters
Appendices
Bibliography
Index

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