{"product_id":"the-popular-front-and-central-europe-the-dilemmas-of-french-impotence-1918-1940-paperback-9780521522427","title":"The Popular Front and Central Europe; The Dilemmas of French Impotence 1918–1940 (Paperback) 9780521522427","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Popular Front and Central Europe\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Dilemmas of French Impotence 1918–1940\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA study of French policies in Central Europe from Versailles until the fall of France.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNicole Jordan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521522427, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 22 August 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.592 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBetween 1936 and 1938, the French alliance system in East Central Europe collapsed. The resulting dramatic expansion of German power led directly to the Second World War. This illuminating study investigates the implications of French military, economic and diplomatic policies in Central Europe from Versailles until the fall of France, establishing the proper context for the policy options of Léon Blum's Popular Front. It focuses on the clash between the French military and French radical politics in 1936–7 when Blum's government sought to rally to the defence of Czechoslovakia. The figure of Blum illustrates the insights and the dilemmas of a democratic Socialist caught up in the imbrication of foreign and domestic politics which increasingly characterised the 1930s.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of maps\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The diplomats, the formation of the eastern alliance system and arms limitation, 1918–1935\u003cbr\u003e 2. The military, the Rhineland and the eastern alliances, 1918–1936\u003cbr\u003e 3. Blum and the quandaries of external economic policy: the Schacht voyage\u003cbr\u003e 4. Blum and the military: the Franco-Polish arms\u003cbr\u003e 5. Blum and the diplomats: the Franco-Petite Entente negotiations, I\u003cbr\u003e 6. Blum and the diplomats: the Franco-Petite Entente negotiations, II\u003cbr\u003e 7. The great eastern crises, 1938–1939, and the fall of France\u003cbr\u003e Summary and epilogue: Léon Blum and Czechoslovakia in 1938\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%2220th%20century%20history:%20c%201900%20%20to%20c%202000%20%5BHBLW%5D%22\"\u003eHBLW\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913255018776,"sku":"9780521522427","price":35.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521522427i_9a9c3865-aa4a-4dec-91b5-1d4885c50056.jpg?v=1691383645","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-popular-front-and-central-europe-the-dilemmas-of-french-impotence-1918-1940-paperback-9780521522427","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}