The Right in France: From Revolution to Le Pen

(Paperback, Revised edition)

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The French Right is a constant, evolving and continuing theme in all aspects of the political life of the French nation - shaping much of this country's nation-state from the Revolution to the present - and is now a burning contemporary issue. The authors show how the influence of the French Right has entered into all areas of political, economic, social, cultural, religious and especially, radical aspects of Bonapartism, the Vichy experience and the World Wars, Gaullism, post-Gaullism and the resurgence of the Right under Le Pen. This edition updates the story and demonstrates that the French Right, despite electoral defeat, remains a potent force ans an underlying constant in French political experience.

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'Many of the contributions are brilliant... A volume that students of modern France will come to treasure.' -S. Bailey, Knox College, in CHOICE (May 1998 issue) 'This ambitious anthology... constitutes a serious attempt to shake up the historiographical status quo... for those interested in synthesizing the trends of the French right since the Revolution, this is an invaluable book... provides fruitful new interpretations.' -Samuel Goodfellow, Westminster College

Author Bio

Nicholas Atkin (1960-2009) was Professor of Modern European History at the University of Reading. Frank Tallett was, until his retirement, Head of the School of Humanities at the University of Reading.