Episode 214 - The Popular Front in Power

The honeymoon period of the Popular Front was basically nil within the actual French government. The establishment may have been willing to entertain limited reforms, but sweeping changes were out of the question, killing the momentum of the entire movement and dooming it to failure. 

 

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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