TY  - BOOK
AU  - Millington,Chris
TI  - From victory to Vichy: Veterans in inter-war France
T2  - Cultural History of Modern War
SN  - 9781847794260
AV  - DC389 .F766 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Manchester
PB  - Manchester University Press
KW  - Union nationale des combattants
KW  - History
KW  - Union fédérale
KW  - France
KW  - 1914-1940
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Union fe ́de ́rale
KW  - Veterans
KW  - Societies, etc
KW  - World War, 1914-1918
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - 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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