Episode 212 - Prelude to the Popular Front

Switching topics to France in the mid-to-late 1930s, today I cover the early coming together of the Popular Front in France. Expect becoming re-acquainted with the political and economic situation there at the time, as well as an introduction to the key factions and figures that would comprise the Front. 

 

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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