France Under The Republic: The Development Of Modern France, 1870 - 1939

Preface Contents Book I. The Birth of the Republic I The Fall of an Empire II The Siege of Paris III Gambetta’s War IV The Commune Book II. THe Republic Fills A Gap I The National Assembly II The Constitution of 1875 III Recovery Book III. The Republicans Take Over the Republic I The Sixteenth of May II Grévy, Gambetta, Ferry III The Parliamentary Republic Book IV. The Republic in Danger I Boulanger II Déroulède III The Crisis IV The Collapse of Boulangism Book V. France Overseas I The Old Empire II Tunis III Egypt IV Indo-China V Madagascar VI The New Empire Book VI. The Republic Saved I. The 'Ralliement' II Panama III The Revival of Socialism IV Captain Dreyfus V The Russian Alliance and Fashoda Book VII. The Affair I A Ghost Walks II Revision III The Dreyfus Revolution Book VIII. The Shadow of War I The Entente Cordiale and the Moroccan Crisis II The Pleasant Land of France III Thunder on the Left IV Rumours of War Book IX. The War I The Front II The Rear Book X. Between Two Wars I The Treaty of Versailles II The Fruits of Victory III The Price of Victory IV Reconstruction V The Empire VI Back to Politics VII And Knavish Tricks VIII The Rise of the People’s Front IX The Fate of the People’s Front Epilogue Chronological Table of Main Events in French History From the Revolution to 1870 Index