Anticommunism in French Society and Politics, 1945-1953

A work which evaluates anticommunism among the French population, 1945--1953, examining its causes, character, and consequences through a series of case studies on areas of French society, including the scouting movement; family organisations; agricultural associations; middle-class groups; and trade unions and other working-class organisations.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Anticommunism in French Politics and Society, 1945-1953: An Overview


• 2: L'Affaire Bertier: Anticommunism in the French Scouting Movement


• 3: La Première Victime: Familialism and Anticommunism


• 4: Koulaks and Cocos: Anticommunism and French Agriculture


• 5: Marx vs. La Fontaine: Anticommunism and the Classes Moyennes


• 6: Le Parti du Prolétariat? Anticommunism and the Working Class


• Conclusion

About the author

Aaron Clift received his doctorate from the University of Oxford in 2022, following a Master's at the University of Toronto and a Bachelor's at the University of Victoria. He is currently a Postdoctoral History Scholar at the University of Calgary. He specializes in the social and political history of twentieth-century France in its European and global context as well as global Cold War history.

Summary

A work which evaluates anticommunism among the French population, 1945--1953, examining its causes, character, and consequences through a series of case studies on areas of French society, including the scouting movement; family organisations; agricultural associations; middle-class groups; and trade unions and other working-class organisations.

Product details

• Authors: Clift , Aaron Clift, Dr Aaron (Postdoctoral History Scholar Clift
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.07.2023
• EAN: 9780198886785
• ISBN: 978-0-19-888678-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Oxford Historical Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, France, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Europe / France, Social & cultural history, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, The Cold War, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Cold wars and proxy conflicts, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General