By Peter Jackson
France and the Nazi Menace examines the French reaction to the problem posed by means of nationwide Socialist Germany within the years 1933-1939. Dr Jackson argues that the German hazard used to be faraway from the one problem dealing with French nationwide leaders in an period of monetary melancholy and profound ideological discord. in basic terms after the nationwide humiliation on the Munich convention did the probability from Nazi Germany take priority over France's inner difficulties within the making of policy.
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