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France and the Nazi Threat: The Collapse of French Diplomacy 1932-1939
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FRANCE
and the
NAZI THREAT
The Collapse of French Diplomacy
1932-1939
Introduction by
Anthony Adamthwaite
University of California, Berkeley
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Originally published in French under the title:
La Décadence 1932-1939
3ème édition corrigée
Translated by Catherine E. Dop and Robert L. Miller
Copyright © 2004 by Enigma Books for the English translation
Copyright © 1985 by Imprimerie Nationale, Paris
First English-language edition
eISBN 978-1-936274-81-9
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Duroselle, Jean Baptiste, 1917-1994
France and the Nazi threat : the collapse of French diplomacy, 1932-1939 / Jean-Baptiste Duroselle ; introduction by Anthony Adamthwaite ; translated by Catherine E. Dop and Robert L. Miller.— 1st English-language ed.
p. cm.
Translation of: La Décadence, 1932-1939.
Includes bibliographical endnotes and index.
1. France—Foreign relations—1914-1940. 2. France—Politics and government—1914-1940. I. Adamthwaite, Anthony P. II. Dop, Catherine, 1948- III. Miller, Robert L. (Robert Lawrence), 1945- IV. Title. V. Title: France & the Nazi threat.
DC396 .D87 2004
944.081’5—dc21
FRANCE
and the
NAZI THREAT
The Collapse of French Diplomacy
1932-1939
T
ABLE OF
C
ONTENTS
Introduction
by Anthony Adamthwaite
I.
The Return of Edouard Herriot (June-December 1932)
1.
France and the End of Reparations
2.
Herriot, Disarmament and “Equal Rights”
3.
Herriot’s Positive Contribution: the Franco-Soviet Agreement
4.
The Debts, the United States, and the Fall of Herriot
II.
The Year of Paul-Boncour (December 18, 1932-January 30, 1934)
1.
How Did the French React to Hitler’s Coming to Power?
2.
A Total Failure: Disarmament and the Franco-German Rapprochement
3.
The Four Power Pact and the Outline of a Franco-Italian Rapprochement
4.
The Pursuit of Rapprochement with the USSR
5.
The Move Toward Economic Nationalism
1.
Louis Barthou and His Plans
3.
The Visit of the Smaller Allies
1.
A Small Step Towards Germany
3.
A Small Step Towards the USSR
4.
A Small Step Towards England
V.
The Rhineland Tragedy (January-June 1936)
1.
Internal and Foreign Policy up to March 7, 1936
2.
The Forecasts About the Dimilitarized Zone
3.
Was There a Countermove Planned?
4.
The Decision to Not React and Getting Bogged Down
1.
The Status of French Patriotism
2.
The French Traveled Very Little Overseas
4.
Immigration: A Diluted Form of Foreign Influence
5.
Foreign Countries as Seen in Literature
6.
The Influence of Foreign Propaganda on Public Opinion
VII.
France’s Worldwide Economic Interests
2.
Overview of French Foreign Trade
3.
Lingering Economic Imperialism
2.
The Conditions of France’s Armed Forces in 1936
X.
The Popular Front (1936-1937)
2.
The Beginning of Non-Intervention in Spain
3.
The Great Devaluation and the Lesser Ones
2.
The Final Reaction of the Popular Front
3.
The False Crisis of May 1938
4.
Preliminaries to the Great Crisis
5.
France Abandons Czechoslovakia
6.
The Great Crisis and Munich (September 23-30)
7.
French Public Opinion and Munich
8.
The Collapse of France’s Prestige Abroad
XII.
After Munich: Expectations and Uncertainties
2.
The Limits of the Franco-German Rapprochement
3.
The Impossible Franco-Italian Rapprochement