The Locust Years
NY: Carroll & Graf, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth spine. 6.5"x9.5". 431 indexed pages. Gold boards. Maroon cloth spine w/red metallic letters. Jacket design by Tom McKeveny. Photos courtesy of Bettmann Archive. Includes bibliography, chronology and notes. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Chip to DJ 1.75"x.5". DJ: Small nics and tears on crown & heel, edge wear and shelf wear. Book: min. edge wear, light spot to top of spine. Collectible - VeryGood / VeryGood. Item #13386
ISBN: 9780786700561
The Fourth Republic, inaugurated in the autumn in 1946 after de Gaulle's resignation as head of the provisional post-war government, was one of the most turbulent and fascinating periods of modern French history. Under a succession of short-lived governments, battling with seemingly intractable problems at home and abroad and with a fragile balance of power among the leading parties that almost pre-supposed political instability, were laid the foundations of modern France. In this account, Frank Giles charts the complexities of post-war French politics, focusing on both the men and the issues which dominated the Fourth Republic. Chief among the latter were German rearmament and nationalist uprisings in France's former colonies, notably Indochina and Algeria, and among the former Jean Mo...
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