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The Extreme Right in the French Resistance - Members of the Cagoule and Corvignolles in the Second World War (Hardcover)
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The Extreme Right in the French Resistance - Members of the Cagoule and Corvignolles in the Second World War (Hardcover)
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In the aftermath of World War II, historical accounts and public
commentaries enshrined the French Resistance as an apolitical,
unified movement committed to upholding human rights, equality, and
republican values during the dark period of German occupation.
Valerie Deacon complicates that conventional view by uncovering
extreme-right participants in the Resistance, specifically those
who engaged in conspiratorial, anti-republican, and quasi-fascist
activities in the 1930s, but later devoted themselves to freeing
the country from Nazi control. The political campaigns of the
1930s- against communism, republicanism, freemasonry, and the
government- taught France's ultra-right-wing groups to organize
underground movements. When France fell to the Germans in 1940,
many activists unabashedly cited previous participation in groups
of the extreme right as their motive for joining the Resistance.
Deacon's analysis of extreme-right participation in the Resistance
supports the view that the domestic situation in Nazi-controlled
France was more complex than had previously been suggested.
Extending beyond past narratives, Deacon details how rightist
resisters navigated between different options in the changing
political context. In the process, she refutes the established view
of the Resistance as apolitical, united, and Gaullist. The Extreme
Right in the French Resistance highlights the complexities of the
French Resistance, what it meant to be a resister, and how the
experiences of the extreme right proved incompatible with the
postwar resistance narrative.
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Imprint: |
Louisiana State University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
December 2016 |
Authors: |
Valerie Deacon
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
240 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8071-6362-7 |
Categories: |
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Humanities >
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LSN: |
0-8071-6362-7 |
Barcode: |
9780807163627 |
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