French public attitudes towards the prospect of war in 1938-1939: `pacifism' or `war anxiety'?

This article challenges the received wisdom that French public opinion was infused with pacifist sentiment during the 1930s, and that this sentiment in turn contributed to the French defeat of 1940. It will suggest that French public attitudes towards the prospect of war can be better defined as ‘wa...

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Main Author: Hucker, Daniel
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press 2007
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28214/