ABSTRACT

The first of a two volume study, which will analyse the complex relationship between Britain and France in the twentieth century: a relationship which has been crucial to European politics and to both World Wars.This volume (fully self-contained) runs from the period of intense imperial rivalry at the turn of the century to the Fall of France. Philip Bell discusses diplomatic, economic and military policy, combining absorbing narrative with revealing commentary about the two countries.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|17 pages

The Remembrance of Things Past

chapter 2|15 pages

Entente Cordiale, 1902-1905

chapter 3|22 pages

Entente or Alliance? 1906-1914

chapter 4|18 pages

Comrades in Arms: (i) The High Command

chapter 6|21 pages

The Shock of War

chapter 7|19 pages

Peace-making, 1919-1920

chapter 8|22 pages

The German Question, 1920-1926

chapter 9|13 pages

‘Providence has made us an island'

chapter 10|17 pages

Things Fall Apart, 1929-1934

chapter 11|20 pages

Storm Cone, 1935

chapter 12|28 pages

Appeasement and War, 1936—April 1940

chapter 13|19 pages

Their Finest Hour - L'Heure Tragique, 1940

chapter |4 pages

Conclusion