Examines how young people moved to the forefront of politics in France in the early twentieth century, analyzing how Communist and Catholic attempts to mobilize youth created youth movements with members who carried their commitments into WWII.
This work explores how communist and Catholic attempts to mobilize French youth created youth movements with members who carried their commitments into World War II.
"Previous studies of the Croix de Feu and the Parti Social Francais have focused on whether these groups should be considered fascist. In Reconciling France against Democracy Sean Kennedy considers them from a variety of perspectives and assesses the extent to which they foresha…
"Previous studies of the Croix de Feu and the Parti Social Francais have focused on whether these groups should be considered fascist. In Reconciling France against Democracy Sean Kennedy considers them from a variety of perspectives and assesses the extent to which they foresha…
"Previous studies of the Croix de Feu and the Parti Social Francais have focused on whether these groups should be considered fascist. In Reconciling France against Democracy Sean Kennedy considers them from a variety of perspectives and assesses the extent to which they foresha…
This is the first full-length study in English of the Popular Front, the left-wing coalition which emerged in France during the 1930s in response to the threat of fascism and which went on to win the elections of 1936, giving France her first socialist premier, Léon Blum. After …