France's liberation was once anticipated to set off a decisive holiday either with the Vichy régime and with the pre-war 3rd Republic. What occurred used to be an untidy patchwork of unplanned continuities and fake starts off. This quantity analyses the advanced means of regime switch, monetary renewal, social transformation, and adjustment to a fast-evolving global.
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