Grandeur And Misery: France's Bid for Power in Europe, 1914-1940

by Anthony Adamthwaite

Overview

This account of France's transition from victor in 1918 to vanquished in 1940 offers a long-overdue reassessment of all the central issues.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780713165760
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/17/1995
Series:	A Hodder Arnold Publication Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

Anthony Adamthwaite is Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley, USA.

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

"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."—Choice

"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."—Military and Naval History Journal

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