France’s Long Reconstruction

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France’s Long Reconstruction is written by Herrick Chapman and published by Harvard University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0674982452 (ISBN 10) and 9780674982451 (ISBN 13).

Postwar recovery required a transformation of France, but what form it should take remained a question. Herrick Chapman charts the course of France’s reconstruction from 1944 to 1962, offering insights into the ways the expansion of state power produced fierce controversies at home and unintended consequences abroad in France’s crumbling empire.