France Since the Second World WarThis new introductory guide provides a succinct history of postwar France. Professor Stovall covers political, social and economic developments from the immediate postwar years and France's economic recovery up to the Mitterand era; including the rise of the far Right. He also he looks at French international relations; the new relations with Europe in the post-Soviet era, French-US relations and the relationship with her empire including the wars in Indochina and Algeria. The study is supported by chronologies, biographies of the key players and a guide to further reading. *Up-to-date introduction to the major themes in post-war French history. *Selection of original documents supports main arguments. *Chronologies, biographies of the key players and a guide to further reading. |
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... achieved this goal by early 1947. That same year the Commissariat initiated its first Five Year Plan . This plan took as its primary goal industrial development , and more generally breaking away from the stagnation so characteristic of ...
... achieved this goal by early 1947. That same year the Commissariat initiated its first Five Year Plan . This plan took as its primary goal industrial development , and more generally breaking away from the stagnation so characteristic of ...
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... achieved in the postwar era , France still contained a sizeable sector of relatively inefficient small factories and businesses , whose limited scope became all the more signif- icant as the nation became much more involved in the ...
... achieved in the postwar era , France still contained a sizeable sector of relatively inefficient small factories and businesses , whose limited scope became all the more signif- icant as the nation became much more involved in the ...
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... achieved full unity and independence in 1975 . Lang , Jack ( 1939– ) During the 1980s Lang achieved fame , and notoriety , as the Mitterrand administration's youthful minister of culture . A dynamic individual full of ideas about ...
... achieved full unity and independence in 1975 . Lang , Jack ( 1939– ) During the 1980s Lang achieved fame , and notoriety , as the Mitterrand administration's youthful minister of culture . A dynamic individual full of ideas about ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
LIBERATION AND RENEWAL | 11 |
THE TRENTE GLORIEUSES | 27 |
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