Overview :The period 1870 - 1914 in France saw the consolidation of republican government and the recovery of national self-confidence. Though politic... Read More
Overview :This fascinating book examines how the past pervades French public life, how the French both commemorate their past triumphs, heroes, and ma... Read More
Overview :This is a comprehensive survey of European history from the coup d'etat of Napoleon Bonaparte in France to the assassination of the Archduke... Read More
Overview :"History", suggests Robert Gildea, "is a battlefield." Questions of power, rights, identity and nationhood always have an ancient and modern... Read More
Overview :The last fifty years of French history have seen immense challenges for the French: constructing a new European order, building a modern eco... Read More
Overview :Surviving Hitler and Mussolini examines how far everyday life was possible in a situation of total war and brutal occupation. Its theme is t... Read More
Overview :For those who lived in the wake of the French Revolution, from the storming of the Bastille to Napoleon's final defeat, its aftermath left a... Read More
Overview :Surviving Hitler and Mussolini examines how far everyday life was possible in a situation of total war and brutal occupation. Its theme is t... Read More
Overview :The French Resistance has an iconic status in the struggle to liberate Nazi-occupied Europe, but its story is entangled in myths. Gaining a ... Read More
Overview :Forty years ago, Arthur Scargill led the National Union of Mineworkers on one of the largest strikes in British history. A deep sense of pri... Read More
Overview :In France, the German occupation is called simply the "dark years." There were only the "good French" who resisted and the "bad French" who ... Read More
Overview :The story of the French Resistance is central to French identity, but it is a story built on myths. 'La R sistance fran aise' was not simply... Read More