French fascism : the second wave, 1933-1939 /

This work takes argument with the notion that Fascism never took hold in France. By the author of "French Fascism: The First Wave, 1924-1933."

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Main Author: Soucy, Robert, 1933-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1995.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Debate over Fascism. The Consensus School of French Historiography. The Sternhell Controversy. Historical Fascism in Italy and Germany. Defining Fascism. Contextualizing Fascism. Common Denominators of European Fascism
  • 1. Social and Political Context. The Depression and Its Political Consequences. The Riots of February 6, 1934. The Popular Front
  • 2. Minor and Declining Fascisms, Newspaper Allies, and the Greenshirts. Small and Large Fascisms. The Francistes. The Jeunesses Patriotes. The Action Francaise. Newspaper Allies. The Greenshirts. The Cagoule. The Fascist Left: Death and Bergery
  • 3. The Solidarite Francaise. Leadership, Financing, and Membership. Rise and Fall. Was the Solidarite Francaise Fascist? Anti-Semitism. Praising Mussolini and Hitler and Calling for a Franco-Italian-German Alliance. Fascist Republicanism and National Socialism. Anti-Marxism. Antiliberalism. Women. Patriotism, Tradition, and the Veterans' Mystique
  • 4. The Croix de Feu / Parti Social Francais. Political History. La Rocque after 1940. Financing. Membership. Was La Rocque's Movement Fascist? Anti-Semitism. Antidemocracy. Paramilitarism. Anti-Marxism. "Neither Right nor Left" Antidecadence. Antiliberalism
  • 5. The Parti Populaire Francais. Jacques Doriot: The Communist Years, 1920-36. Doriot's Shift to Fascism. Fascist Symbolism. Financing. Leadership. Membership. National Socialism as Anti-Marxism, Cultural Traditionalism, Antifeminism, and Imperialism. National Socialism in the Writings of Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, Raymon Fernandez, and Bertrand de Jouvenel. Antidemocracy, Antiliberalism, Antirationalism, and Anti-Semitism
  • 6. French Fascist Intellectuals and the Revolt against Decadence. Bertrand de Jouvenel. Pierre Drieu La Rochelle. Robert Brasillach. Louis-Ferdinand Celine. Splitting.