France and the Origins of the Second World War

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France and the Origins of the Second World War is written by Robert J. Young and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1349248908 (ISBN 10) and 9781349248902 (ISBN 13).

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.