The Popular Front in France: Defending Democracy, 1934-38 Book

List of illustrations; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction;

Part I. Prelude to Power:

1. The origins of the Popular Front;
2. The leaders;

Part II. The Explosion:
3. The social explosion;
4. The cultural explosion;

Part III. The Exercise of Power: Peace, Bread And Liberty:
5. 'Liberty': defending democracy;
6. 'Bread': the Blum new deal;
7. 'Peace': the contradiction;

Part IV. Coalition and Opposition:
8. The mystique of unity;
9. The view from the right;

Part V. The End of the Popular Front:
10. Post-mortem; Appendices; Glossary; Notes; Bibliographical note; Index.