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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Foreword
Prologue
1. Debacle! Summer 1940
Book One The Rise of the Third Republic 1871–1919
2. A Freakish Birth and Early Growing Pains 1871–1891
3. The Dreyfus Affair 1894—1906
4. The Consolidation of the Republic 1880–1914
5. Classes and Conflict 1875–1914
6. The Permanent Political Crisis 1875–1914
7. The Achievements of the Third Republic 1875–1914
8. The Coming of the First World War 1905–1914
9. The Third Republic’s Finest Hour 1914–1918
Book Two Illusions and Realities of Victory 1919–1934
10. Victorious France—“The Greatest Power in Europe” 1919–1931
11. Decline, I: Political and Financial Chaos, and the Poincaré Recovery 1924–1930
12. Decline, II: The Erosion of Military Power 1925–1934
13. Decline, III: The World Depression Shakes the Third Republic 1931–1934
Book Three The Last Years of the Third Republic 1934–1939
14. A Fateful Turning Point February 6, 1934
15. Aftermath: Widening of the Gulf 1934–1936
16. Coup in the Rhineland: The Last Chance to Stop Hitler and Avert a Major War March 1936
17. France Further Divided—the Front Populaire and the Spanish Civil War 1936–1937
18. Dissension and Disarray: France and the Anschluss March 1938
19. The Road to Munich, I: April 27-September 13, 1938
20. The Road to Munich, II: September 15–28, 1938
21. The Conference at Munich September 29–30, 1938
22. The Turn of Poland 1939
23. A Summer’s Interlude in Paris May-July 1939
24. The Talks with Russia Summer 1939
25. On the Eve of War August 23–31, 1939
26. The Launching of World War II September 1–3, 1939
Book Four The War and The Defeat 1939–1940
27. La Drôle de Guerre September 3, 1939-April 9, 1940
28. On the Eve: The War in Norway, the Threat to Belgium and the Crisis in Paris Spring 1940
29. The Battle of France, I: The Armies Close In May 10–15, 1940
30. The Battle of France, II: Disaster at Sedan. The Breakthrough at the Meuse May 13–16. 1940
31. The Battle of France, III: Disaster in Flanders and the Surrender of Belgium May 16-June 4, 1940
32. The Fall of Paris June 5–14, 1940
33. The Flight to Bordeaux June 11–14, 1940
34. The Agony of Bordeaux. The Fall of Reynaud. Pétain Takes Over June 14–16, 1940
35. Armistice! June 17–29, 1940
Book Five The Collapse of The third republic
36. The End at Vichy June-July 1940
Epilogue
Footnotes
Notes
Acknowledgments
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