<<The>> French army and politics, 1870-1970

Since the Lees Knowles Lectureship in Military Science was founded just seventy years ago at Trinity, Cambridge, through the bounty of a former member of the College, it has invited annually an imposing galaxy of talent and distinction. On the list, Admirals, Field Marshals and Air Marshals jostle with Chichele Professors, eminent scientists and top civil servants. Among those of lower service rank figures that Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Flags in the Wind: The Commune to Dreyfus, 1870–1900....Pages 1-19 The Union Sacrée, 1900–18....Pages 21-42 Collapse 1940,1919–40....Pages 43-65 The Savage Wars of Peace, 1945–70....Pages 67-92 Back Matter....Pages 93-109 Examines the interplay between the French military and politicians over the hundred year period from 1870-1970