From Victory to Vichy - Veterans in Inter-War France

Informationen zum Autor Chris Millington is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at Cardiff University Klappentext Explores the political mobilisation of the two largest French veterans' associations during the interwar years, the Union fédérale (UF) and the Union nationale des combattants (UNC). Zusammenfassung Explores the political mobilisation of the two largest French veterans’ associations during the interwar years, the Union fédérale (UF) and the Union nationale des combattants (UNC). -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The anciens combattants and their associations 1. The Union fédérale and the Union nationale des combattants: 1918-33 2. 6 February 1934: The veterans' riot 3. Building a combatants' republic: The campaign for state reform, 1934 4. 'We are not fascists': The veterans and the extreme right 5. Rejuvenating France: The Jeunes de l'UF and the Jeunes de l'UNC 6. The veterans and the Popular Front Conclusion: Toward Vichy Select bibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Chris Millington, Christopher Millington, Millington Chris
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781526106599
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-0659-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Cultural History of Modern War
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, military history, Social & cultural history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, Modern warfare