The French empire between the wars

By considering the distinctiveness of the inter-war years as a discrete period of colonial change this book addresses several larger issues such as tracing the origins of decolonization in the rise of colonial nationalism and a re-assessment of the impact of inter-war colonial rebellions in Africa Syria and Indochina. The book also connects French theories of colonial governance to the lived experience of colonial rule in a period scarred by war and economic dislocation.