Chris Millington is Senior Lecturer in Twentieth-Century History at Swansea University

'This research has produced an important and original contribution to a crucial period in the history of the Third Republic and twentieth century France.'Caroline Campbell, Contemporary French Civilisation, 38 (2)

• Introduction: The anciens combattants and their associations 1. The Union fédérale and the Union nationale des combattants: 1918-332. 6 February 1934: The veterans’ riot3. Building a combatants’ republic: The campaign for state reform, 1934 4. ‘We are not fascists’: The veterans and the extreme right 5. Rejuvenating France: The Jeunes de l’UF and the Jeunes de l’UNC 6. The veterans and the Popular Front Conclusion: Toward Vichy Select bibliographyIndex

Chris Millington is Senior Lecturer in Twentieth-Century History at Swansea University

'This research has produced an important and original contribution to a crucial period in the history of the Third Republic and twentieth century France.'Caroline Campbell, Contemporary French Civilisation, 38 (2)

• Introduction: The anciens combattants and their associations 1. The Union fédérale and the Union nationale des combattants: 1918-332. 6 February 1934: The veterans’ riot3. Building a combatants’ republic: The campaign for state reform, 1934 4. ‘We are not fascists’: The veterans and the extreme right 5. Rejuvenating France: The Jeunes de l’UF and the Jeunes de l’UNC 6. The veterans and the Popular Front Conclusion: Toward Vichy Select bibliographyIndex

Chris Millington is Senior Lecturer in Twentieth-Century History at Swansea University

'This research has produced an important and original contribution to a crucial period in the history of the Third Republic and twentieth century France.'Caroline Campbell, Contemporary French Civilisation, 38 (2)

• Introduction: The anciens combattants and their associations 1. The Union fédérale and the Union nationale des combattants: 1918-332. 6 February 1934: The veterans’ riot3. Building a combatants’ republic: The campaign for state reform, 1934 4. ‘We are not fascists’: The veterans and the extreme right 5. Rejuvenating France: The Jeunes de l’UF and the Jeunes de l’UNC 6. The veterans and the Popular Front Conclusion: Toward Vichy Select bibliographyIndex