The Twilight of France, 1933-1940

Introduction Contents BOOK I: 1933-36 I. NON-STOP 1919-32 II. THE ABORTIVE FRONT POPULAIRE OF 1932 III. THE SIXTH OF FEBRUARY AND AFTER IV. PARLIAMENT BULLIED BY THE STREET— THE CROIX DE FEU V. DOUMERGUE’S PLOT AGAINST THE REPUBLIC VI. ENTER LAVAL VII. BUILDING ON SAND VIII. CHAMBER VERSUS BANK OF FRANCE IX. THE RISE OF THE FRONT POPULAIRE X. FRANCE AND ABYSSINIA XI. THE FALL OF LAVAL XII. FRANCE A SECOND-CLASS POWER? XIII. THE ELECTION OF 1936 AND THE FRONT POPULAIRE PROGRAMME XIV. INFORMAL NOTES ON A TOUR THROUGH VARIOUS PARTS OF FRANCE IN APRIL 19S6 XV. ENTER LÉON BLUM XVI. THE GREAT STRIKES OF JUNE 1936 XVII. WHAT THE WORKERS GAINED XVIII. ‘200 FAMILIES’ AND ‘MERCHANTS OF DEATH’ XIX. LA ROCQUE AND DORIOT XX. ‘AEROPLANES FOR SPAIN!’ XXL ‘GRINGOIRE’ AND THE SUICIDE OF ROGER SALENGRO BOOK II: 1937-39 I. 1937 II. FRANCO-CZECH IDYLL III. THE TROUBLE STARTS IV. FRANCE AFTER THE ANSCHLUSS VII. ROYAL INTERLUDE VIII. AUGUST: THE RUNCIMAN RESPITE IX. WAS MUNICH INEVITABLE? XI. SEPTEMBER: BEFORE BERCHTESGADEN XII. BERCHTESGADEN TO GODESBERG XIII. FRENCH MOBILIZATION AND THE SCARE DAYS IN PARIS XIV. THE MUNICH TRIUMPH XV. THE CONFUSION AFTER MUNICH XVI. DALADIER BREAKS THE GENERAL STRIKE XVII. RIBBENTROP IN PARIS XVIII. ‘TUNIS! CORSICA! NICE!’—THE END OF THE SPANISH WAR—THE END OF MUNICH EPILOGUE I. THE SEEDS OF VICHY II. VICHY Index