Extreme Right in France 1789 to the Present

<p><em>The Extreme Right in France 1789 to the Present</em> surveys the history of a fascinating but contentious political and intellectual tradition. Since 1789 the far right has been an important factor in French political life and in different eras has taken on a range of guises including traditionalism ultra-royalism radical nationalism anti-Semitism and fascism.<br>This book is structured around the five main phases of extreme right activity and the author explores key questions about each:<br>* Counter-revolution - what was the legacy of Joseph de Maistre's writings?<br>* Anti-Third Republic protest - how was the 'new right' of the 1880s and 1890s different from the 'old right' of previous decades?<br>* Inter-war fascism - how should we characterise the phenomenon of <em>fascisme française</em>?<br>* Vichy - why did Pétain and Laval collaborate with the Nazis?<br>* The Post-war far right - what is the relationship between Poujadism <em>Algérie Française</em> and Le Pen's FN?</p>