From Revolutionary Theater to Reactionary Litanies

Michael B. Loughlins work on Herv demonstrates the nuances of current research on fascism which suggests that fascism derived from multiple sources and was far from monolithic, especially in France. Herv tried out different ideas that were part of a shifting nexus of fascist ideological tenets and he seems to have shown up at different points on the fascist spectrum depending on the time and the issue. Following Hervs meandering demonstrates that the key question may not be whether or not he was fascist, but how inconsistent the influence of fascism could be. At the same time it shows how seductive aspects of it were to intellectuals of the day. (Samuel Huston Goodfellow Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri) It was a real eye-openerto see how deep and intense the internal struggles within what I called the enrag element (the militant, anti-parliamentary left) really were, and how those divisions played out over the course of the Aernoult-Rousset Affair. [Michael B. Loughlins] description of the Aernoult funeral obsequies is vividand in fact very moving. All in all, I think the chapter [on the Aernoult-Rousset Affair] provides a fine, valuable addition to the literature on the Aernoult-Rousset Affair, and Im sure your book will provide an equally fine addition to the literature on Herv himself. (John J. Cerullo University of New Hampshire)

Michael B. Loughlin has taught history and political science at Ohio Northern University for the past 27 years. At ONU Loughlin represented the university on the World Affairs Council of Greater Cincinnati until 2007 and since 1996 as coordinator for Phi Beta Delta, whose ONU chapter has won several regional and national awards in the past decade. During that time he has continued his research on Gustave Herv and published several articles in The Journal of Contemporary History, European Review of History/Revue Europenne DHistoire, the Proceedings of the Western Society for French History, and Beregynia. 777. Owl: The Journal. Loughlins research has been constantly expanded since his PhD dissertation The Political Transformation of Gustave Herv, 18711944, completed at Indiana University in 1987 under the direction of William B. Cohen.

Contents: Un Breton de Bretagne Bretonnante Le Drapeau dans le Fumier Un Commis Voyageur Du Socialisme LAssociation Internationale Antimilitariste and LAffiche Rouge of 1905 The Foundation of La Guerre Sociale: Activist Journalism or Revolutionary Theater? Journalists and Prisoners: Herv and the Staff at La Guerre Sociale The Midi Crisis, the Socialist Congresses at Nancy and Stuttgart and the First Campaigns The Draveil-Villeneuve-Saint-Georges Strike and Demonstrations The Postal Strikes of 1909, the Francisco Ferrer Affair, and the Liabeuf Affair Le Parti Rvolutionnaire and Le Comit Rvolutionnaire Antiparlementaire (C.R.A.) The Railroad Strike of 1910 and the Origins of Le Retournement The Aernoult-Rousset Affair Les Jeunes Gardes Rvolutionnaires (J.G.R.) and Le Service de Sret Rvolutionnaire (S.S.R.) La Rectification du Tir and Le Nouvel Hervisme From La Bataille de la Salle Wagram Until the July Crisis La Grande Guerre: Gustave Herv and the Origins of a French National Socialism The Postwar Crisis in France Le Parti Socialiste National of 1919 De-population and De-Christianization La Victoire and Its Director During the Interwar: Plus a Change Plus a La Mme Chose Financial and Circulation Problems at La Victoire Le Parti de la Rpublique Autoritaire The Reawakened Parti Socialiste National and the Elections of 1928 The Syndicats Unionistes and the Milice Socialiste National Interwar Foreign Policy: The Increasingly Turbulent Eye Between Two Storms Gustave Herv and Anti-Semitism The Stavisky Affair and the Events of February 6, 1934 Cest Ptain quil nous faut! The Popular Front and Hervs Return to His Ancestral Faith Hervs Interwar Reactions to Fascism and Nazism Herv, World War II, and Vichy.