Peter Davies is Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Huddersfield. He is author of The National Front in France (1999) and France and the Second World War (2000).

'This is a balanced and well argued study that should be made compulsory reading for all students of French history and politics.' - Contemporary Review, August 2002'Davies is clearly on familiar ground when talking about neo-fascism' - History of Political Thought, vol 24, issue 3, 2003

• Introduction 1 The extreme right in France: an enduring political tradition? 2 1789–1830 – the Counter-Revolution: providence and plotting 3 1870–1918 – anti-Third Republic protest: revanche and the new nationalism 4 1919–39 – inter-war fascism: the ligues and 6 February 5 1940–4 – Vichy: The National Revolution, collaboration and collaborationism 6 1945–present day – ultra-nationalism and neo-fascism: Algérie Française, Poujadism and the Front National

Peter Davies is Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Huddersfield. He is author of The National Front in France (1999) and France and the Second World War (2000).

'This is a balanced and well argued study that should be made compulsory reading for all students of French history and politics.' - Contemporary Review, August 2002'Davies is clearly on familiar ground when talking about neo-fascism' - History of Political Thought, vol 24, issue 3, 2003

• Introduction 1 The extreme right in France: an enduring political tradition? 2 1789–1830 – the Counter-Revolution: providence and plotting 3 1870–1918 – anti-Third Republic protest: revanche and the new nationalism 4 1919–39 – inter-war fascism: the ligues and 6 February 5 1940–4 – Vichy: The National Revolution, collaboration and collaborationism 6 1945–present day – ultra-nationalism and neo-fascism: Algérie Française, Poujadism and the Front National

Peter Davies is Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Huddersfield. He is author of The National Front in France (1999) and France and the Second World War (2000).

'This is a balanced and well argued study that should be made compulsory reading for all students of French history and politics.' - Contemporary Review, August 2002'Davies is clearly on familiar ground when talking about neo-fascism' - History of Political Thought, vol 24, issue 3, 2003

• Introduction 1 The extreme right in France: an enduring political tradition? 2 1789–1830 – the Counter-Revolution: providence and plotting 3 1870–1918 – anti-Third Republic protest: revanche and the new nationalism 4 1919–39 – inter-war fascism: the ligues and 6 February 5 1940–4 – Vichy: The National Revolution, collaboration and collaborationism 6 1945–present day – ultra-nationalism and neo-fascism: Algérie Française, Poujadism and the Front National