{"product_id":"wars-plots-and-scandals-in-post-war-france-paperback-9780521130820","title":"Wars, Plots and Scandals in Post-War France (Paperback) 9780521130820","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWars, Plots and Scandals in Post-War France\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWilliams explores the plots and scandals of that have affected both France and Algeria from the Algerian war.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePhilip M. Williams (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521130820, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 11 February 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e244 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.36 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\"\u003eThis collection, first published in 1970, brings together twelve articles on French political subjects, mostly concerned either with the plots and scandals that arose out of the long struggle for decolonisation, or with the culmination of that struggle in the Algerian war. In his introduction as well as throughout the book, Williams demonstrates the connection between these two themes, and explains why political scandals have been so prominent and recurrent a feature of French public life and how these scandals affected both France as well as Algeria.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Burden of History: 1. The politics of scandal\u003cbr\u003e 2. From Dreyfus to Vichy\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Legacy of Empire: Intrigue in Paris: 3. The Generals affair\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Leakages affair\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Mitterrrand affair\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Ben Barka affair\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Legacy of Empire: War in Algeria\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Fourth Republic: murder or suicide?\u003cbr\u003e 8. Moslems and settlers\u003cbr\u003e 9. Algerian conversations\u003cbr\u003e 10. The army and its putsch\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Learning from History?: 11. Gaullist grandeur: myth or reality\u003cbr\u003e 12. Vietnam: America's Algeria?\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\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":46005774450968,"sku":"9780521130820","price":26.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521130820i_cbda1f99-fc0a-47ce-b635-7639133fbe7d.jpg?v=1691372085","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/wars-plots-and-scandals-in-post-war-france-paperback-9780521130820","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}