Peace In Their Time

Episode 213 - By Popular Acclaim

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By the time the Popular Front came to power it seemed like nothing would be the same in France. Politics were polarizing, the Communists became a viable electoral force, and the old order appeared dead and buried. Strikes were sweeping the nation and the business class appeared to be in retreat. It wouldn't last, but it felt great at the time. 

 

Bibliography for this episode: 

  1. Jackson, Julian The Politics of Depression in France, 1932-1936 Cambridge University Press 1985
  2. Jackson, Julian The Popular Front in France: Defending Democracy, 1934-38 Cambridge University Press 1988
  3. Bernard, Philippe and Henri Dubief The Decline of the Third Republic, 1914-1938 Cambridge University Press 1988
  4. Adamthwaite, Anthony Grandeur and Misery: France 1914-1940 Arnold, 1995
  5. Wright, Gordon France in Modern Times, 4th Ed WW Norton Company, Inc, 1987
  6. Fortescue, William The Third Republic in France 1870-1940 Routledge, 2007
  7. Weber, Eugene The Hollow Years: France in the 1930s WW Norton & Company Inc 1994

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