In the Wake of War
`Les Anciens Combattants' and French Society 1914-1939
Published on 4. September 1992
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-0-85496-672-1 (ISBN)
Description
Translated from the French by Helen McPhailThis important study examines the politics and social situation of the eight million Frenchmen who served in the Great War.
Reviews / Votes
'It has to be good news that Prost's exemplary study can now be appreciated by a new generation of monoglot readers.'History'Prost's conclusions are persuasively argued, and historians of the verteran experience elsewhere would do well to take his book as a yardstick against which to measure their own work.'Canadian Military HistoryMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
346 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85496-672-1 (9780854966721)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Antoine Prost is Professor Emeritus of History, University of Paris Panthon-Sorbonne.
Content
Recollection; the veterans' movement; antimilitarism and pacifism; veterans' patriotism; veterans' politics - attitudes and ethics; veterans' politics - the middle classes and the regime; preface to Vichy and the Fourth Republic.