Praise for the first edition: Maurice Larkin has accomplished a kind of tour de force; there is no equivalent work in English or French that covers the history of France during the last fifty years with such depth and originality...It will inevitably find its way onto graduate reading lists and may well be adopted as a text in undergraduate courses in French history, but it may also be read with profit by the specialist. American Historical Review

• Preface ; 1. France in the 1930s ; 2. 'La Republique des Deputes': Politics in the 1930s ; 3. The Popular Front: Legend and Legacy ; 4. The Road to Compiegne: Diplomacy and War, 1936-1940 ; 5. The Occupation ; 6. Resistance and Liberation ; 7. Retribution and the New Jerusalem: The CNR Charter ; 8. The Constitution of the Fourth Republic ; 9. The Pattern of Politics, 1946-1954 ; 10. Economic Growth and Social Change, 1947-1973 ; 11. France Overseas, 1944-1954 ; 12. Janus and Cassandra: The Mendes-France Ministry and What Followed, 1954-1955 ; 13. Impasse, 1956-1958 ; 14. 'La Republique des Dupes' ; 15. 'La Republique des Citoyens' ; 16. De Gaulle's Foreign Policy ; 17. Challenge and Response, 1968-1974 ; 18. Reform and Recession: The Giscardian Era, 1974-1981 ; 19. Keynesianism in One Country: The Socialist Experiment ; 20. The Regime on Trial: Cohabitation and Its Consequences, 1986-1988 ; 21. Further Trials: From Rocard to Juppe, 1988-1996 ; 22. The Cold Peace and the Shadow of Germany: International Relations 1986-1996 ; 23. L'Avant-Fin-de-Siecle ; Appendices: I Figures; II Tables; III French Governments 1936-1996; IV The Arts and the Public in the 1930s ; Notes ; Select Bibliography ; Index

Praise for the first edition: Maurice Larkin has accomplished a kind of tour de force; there is no equivalent work in English or French that covers the history of France during the last fifty years with such depth and originality...It will inevitably find its way onto graduate reading lists and may well be adopted as a text in undergraduate courses in French history, but it may also be read with profit by the specialist. American Historical Review

• Preface ; 1. France in the 1930s ; 2. 'La Republique des Deputes': Politics in the 1930s ; 3. The Popular Front: Legend and Legacy ; 4. The Road to Compiegne: Diplomacy and War, 1936-1940 ; 5. The Occupation ; 6. Resistance and Liberation ; 7. Retribution and the New Jerusalem: The CNR Charter ; 8. The Constitution of the Fourth Republic ; 9. The Pattern of Politics, 1946-1954 ; 10. Economic Growth and Social Change, 1947-1973 ; 11. France Overseas, 1944-1954 ; 12. Janus and Cassandra: The Mendes-France Ministry and What Followed, 1954-1955 ; 13. Impasse, 1956-1958 ; 14. 'La Republique des Dupes' ; 15. 'La Republique des Citoyens' ; 16. De Gaulle's Foreign Policy ; 17. Challenge and Response, 1968-1974 ; 18. Reform and Recession: The Giscardian Era, 1974-1981 ; 19. Keynesianism in One Country: The Socialist Experiment ; 20. The Regime on Trial: Cohabitation and Its Consequences, 1986-1988 ; 21. Further Trials: From Rocard to Juppe, 1988-1996 ; 22. The Cold Peace and the Shadow of Germany: International Relations 1986-1996 ; 23. L'Avant-Fin-de-Siecle ; Appendices: I Figures; II Tables; III French Governments 1936-1996; IV The Arts and the Public in the 1930s ; Notes ; Select Bibliography ; Index