The Dark Side of France A History of the French Far Right from the 1890s to the Present

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The Dark Side of France A History of the French Far Right from the 1890s to the Present | 6.12 MB

Title: The Dark Side of France A History of the French Far Right from the 1890s to the Present
Author: Enda O'Doherty
Category: France, Political Science
Language: English | 300 str. Pages | ISBN: 9781324098843


Description:
An absorbing and timely exploration of the French far right, from the Dreyfus affair to Marine Le Pen and the National Rally.
This extraordinary history of the French far right, from its modern origins in the 1890s to its ebb and flow throughout the twentieth century, could not come at a timelier junction in European politics, when the hard right once again threatens to topple the pillars of democracy that have governed France since the end of World War II.

In thirteen dramatic chapters, beginning with Captain Alfred Dreyfus's framing by corrupt senior army officers and conviction in a miliary court in 1894 and concluding 130 years later with the rise of Marine Le Pen and the Rassemblement national, journalist Enda O'Doherty brings characteristic insight to many of the most notorious events that comprise this fascinating but disturbing narrative.

Post-Revolutionary France attracted political as well as artistic exiles-drawn to...