France's drift into war and subsequent collapse have often been attributed to her level of confidence. Either she had too much, or too little. This work contends that these two moods were not mutually exclusive, that they coexisted throughout the interwar years, sustained by competing visions of the Republic and of the best way to ensure national security. Early chapters describe the tensions within French interwar foreign policy, as well as the ensuing historiographical tensions among scholars intent on interpreting the French experience. Subsequent chapters explore tensions in defence and economic policies, domestic politics and ideological allegiance, public attitudes and opinion.
- ISBN10 0312161867
- ISBN13 9780312161866
- Publish Date 15 October 1996 (first published 18 September 1996)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Palgrave MacMillan
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 200
- Language English