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Foreword
Prologue
Debacle! summer 1940
Book One: The rise fo the Third Republic, 1871-1919
A freakish birth and early growing pains 1871-1891
The Dreyfus affair 1894-1906
The consolidation of the Republic 1880-1914
Classes and conflict 1875-1914
The permanent political crisis 1875-1914
The achievements of the Third Republic 1875-1914
The coming of the first world war 1905-1914
The Third Republic's finest hour 1914-1918
Book Two: Illusions and realities of victory, 1919-1934
Victorious France: "the greatest power in Europe" 1919-1931
Decline I: political and financial chaos, and the Poincaré recovery 1924-1930
Decline II: the erosion of military power 1925-1934
Decline III: the world depression shakes the Third Republic 1931-1934
Book Three: The last years of the Republic, 1934-1939
A fateful turning point February 6, 1934
Aftermath: widening of the gulf 1934-1936
Coup in the Rhineland: the last chance to stop Hitler and avert a major war March 1936
France further divided, the front populaire and the Spanish Civil War 1936-1937
Dissension and disarray: France and the anschluss March 1938
The road to Munich I: April 27-September 13, 1938
The road to Munich II: September 15-28, 1938
The conference at Munich September 29-30, 1938
The turn of Poland 1939
A summer's interlude in Paris May-July 1939
The talks with Russia Summer 1939
The launching of World War II September 1-3, 1939
Book Four: The war and the defeat, 1939-1940
La Dróle de Guerre September 3, 1939-April 9, 1940
On the eve: the war in Norway, the threat to Belgium and the crisis in Paris Spring 1940
The battle of France I: The armies close in May 10-15, 1940
The battle of France II: disaster at Sedan, the breakthrough at the Meuse May 13-16, 1940
The battle of France III: disaster in Flanders and the surrender of Belgium May 16-June 4, 1940
The fall of Paris June 5-14, 1940
The flight to Bordeaux June 11-14, 1940
The agony of Bordeaux, the fall of Reynaud, Pétain takes over June 14-16, 1940
Armistice! June 17-29, 1940
Book Five: The collapse of the Third Republic
The end at Vichy June-July 1940
Epilogue.
Prologue
Debacle! summer 1940
Book One: The rise fo the Third Republic, 1871-1919
A freakish birth and early growing pains 1871-1891
The Dreyfus affair 1894-1906
The consolidation of the Republic 1880-1914
Classes and conflict 1875-1914
The permanent political crisis 1875-1914
The achievements of the Third Republic 1875-1914
The coming of the first world war 1905-1914
The Third Republic's finest hour 1914-1918
Book Two: Illusions and realities of victory, 1919-1934
Victorious France: "the greatest power in Europe" 1919-1931
Decline I: political and financial chaos, and the Poincaré recovery 1924-1930
Decline II: the erosion of military power 1925-1934
Decline III: the world depression shakes the Third Republic 1931-1934
Book Three: The last years of the Republic, 1934-1939
A fateful turning point February 6, 1934
Aftermath: widening of the gulf 1934-1936
Coup in the Rhineland: the last chance to stop Hitler and avert a major war March 1936
France further divided, the front populaire and the Spanish Civil War 1936-1937
Dissension and disarray: France and the anschluss March 1938
The road to Munich I: April 27-September 13, 1938
The road to Munich II: September 15-28, 1938
The conference at Munich September 29-30, 1938
The turn of Poland 1939
A summer's interlude in Paris May-July 1939
The talks with Russia Summer 1939
The launching of World War II September 1-3, 1939
Book Four: The war and the defeat, 1939-1940
La Dróle de Guerre September 3, 1939-April 9, 1940
On the eve: the war in Norway, the threat to Belgium and the crisis in Paris Spring 1940
The battle of France I: The armies close in May 10-15, 1940
The battle of France II: disaster at Sedan, the breakthrough at the Meuse May 13-16, 1940
The battle of France III: disaster in Flanders and the surrender of Belgium May 16-June 4, 1940
The fall of Paris June 5-14, 1940
The flight to Bordeaux June 11-14, 1940
The agony of Bordeaux, the fall of Reynaud, Pétain takes over June 14-16, 1940
Armistice! June 17-29, 1940
Book Five: The collapse of the Third Republic
The end at Vichy June-July 1940
Epilogue.