France in the era of fascism
Subtitle: essays on the French authoritarian right
By: Brian Jenkins.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Fascism -- France -- History -- 20th century.; Right-wing extremists -- France -- History -- 20th century.; France -- Politics and government -- 1914-1940.
Description: "France's response to the rise of European fascism during the 1930s, and subsequently to the Nazi occupation, 1940-44, has been a difficult subject for the nation's historians. The consensus amongst leading French authorities on the period has been the claim that France was largely 'immune' to fascism in the 1930s, and that the Vichy regime was an aberration produced by defeat and occupation. Over the last 30 years, this position has gradually been undermined, mainly through the work of foreign scholars, but it nonetheless remains intact. This volume brings together for the first time the leading critics of the standard French interpretation, who have used these essays to refine and update their positions, or to move the debate onto new terrain."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.