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Reconciling France against Democracy

The Croix de Feu and the Parti Social Français, 1927-1945

by (author) Sean Kennedy

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Feb 2007
Category
France
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773578142
    Publish Date
    Feb 2007
    List Price
    $95.00

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Kennedy describes how the Croix de Feu promised to restore patriotic unity to France but instead demonized the organization's enemies as unfit to be French; its successor, the Parti Social Français, professed a respect for democracy but actually promoted an authoritarian nationalist vision. Previous studies have focused on whether the Croix de Feu and the Parti Social Français should be considered fascist. Reconciling France against Democracy assesses them from a variety of perspectives and considers the extent to which they foreshadowed Jean-Marie Le Pen's Front National.

About the author

wSean Kennedy is Associate Professor in the History Department at the University of New Brunswick and the author of Reconciling France against Democracy: The Croix de Feu and the Parti Social Français 1927-1945 (2007).

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