Facing the Second World War Strategy, Politics, and Economics in Britain and France 1938-1940

by Imlay, Talbot C.

• ISBN13: 9780199261222
• ISBN10: 0199261229
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-08-07
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

This is a wide-ranging study of how the British were more successful in managing the strains of modern industrial war than the French. The book addresses such current historical debates as the nature of the political Right and Left in Europe during the 1930s, the extent of rearmament and economic mobilization, and the causes of France's defeat in 1940.

Author Biography

Talbot C. Imlay is Assistant Professor in History at University Laval, Quebec.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations	viii
Introduction	1	(22)
PART I. FRENCH AND BRITISH STRATEGIES
1. The Strategic Dimension in France	23	(53)
2. The Strategic Dimension in Britain	76	(59)
PART II. FRENCH AND BRITISH DOMESTIC POLITICS
3. The Domestic-Political Dimension in France	135	(51)
4. The Domestic-Political Dimension in Britain	186	(57)
PART III. FRENCH AND BRITISH POLITICAL ECONOMIES
5. The Political-Economic Dimension in France	243	(56)
6. The Political-Economic Dimension in Britain	299	(56)
Conclusion	355	(12)
Appendix: Tables	367	(3)
Bibliography	370	(19)
Index	389