From victory to Vichy Veterans in inter-war France.
Material type: TextSeries: Publication details: Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2012.Description: 1 online resource (256 pages)Content type:- text
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- 9781847794260
- France -- History -- 1914-1940
- France -- Politics and government -- 1914-1940
- Union fe ́de ́rale -- History
- Union nationale des combattants -- History
- Veterans -- France -- Societies, etc. -- History
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Veterans -- France -- Societies, etc. -- History
- Union nationale des combattants -- History
- Union fédérale -- History
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Veterans -- France -- Societies, etc. -- History
- Veterans -- France -- Societies, etc. -- History
- DC389 .F766 2012
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Includes bibliographies and index.
Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 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 bibliography; Index.
The most up-to-date and comprehensive English-language study of its kind, From victory to Vichy 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). Drawing on extensive research into the associations? organisation, policies and tactics, this study argues that French veterans were more of a threat to democracy than previous scholarship has allowed. As France descended into crisis, the UF and the UNC sought to extend their influence into the non-veteran milieu throug.
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