France and Britain, 1900-1940: Entente and Estrangement

by P. M. H. Bell

Overview

The first of a two volume study, which will analyse the complex relationship between Britain and France in the twentieth century: a relationship which has been crucial to European politics and to both World Wars.This volume (fully self-contained) runs from the period of intense imperial rivalry at the turn of the century to the Fall of France. Philip Bell discusses diplomatic, economic and military policy, combining absorbing narrative with revealing commentary about the two countries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317892724
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/12/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	458 KB

About the Author

P. M. H. Wiliams

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Remembrance of Things Past; Chapter 2 Entente Cordiale, 1902-1905; Chapter 3 Entente or Alliance? 1906-1914; Chapter 4 Comrades in Arms: (i) The High Command; Chapter 5 Comrades in Arms: (ii) Economics and War Aims; Chapter 6 The Shock of War; Chapter 7 Peace-making, 1919-1920; Chapter 8 The German Question, 1920-1926; Chapter 9 ‘Providence has made us an island’; Chapter 10 Things Fall Apart, 1929-1934; Chapter 11 Storm Cone, 1935; Chapter 12 Appeasement and War, 1936–April 1940; Chapter 13 Their Finest Hour - L’Heure Tragique, 1940; Conclusion;

Editorial Reviews

'An entertaining, judicious overview xxx; it is bound to appeal to that illusive creature the Common Reader'

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