@article{465714,
      recid = {465714},
      author = {Millington, Chris.},
      title = {From victory to Vichy veterans in inter-war France /  [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Manchester University Press ;},
      address = {Manchester :},
      pages = {xi, 243 p.},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {"The most up-to-date and comprehensive English-language  study of its kind, From victory to Vichy explores the  political mobilisation of the two largest French veterans'  associations during the interwar years, the Union fédérale  (UF) and the Union nationale des combattants (UNC). Drawing  on extensive research into the associations' organisation,  policies and tactics, this study argues that French  veterans were more of a threat to democracy than previous  scholarship has allowed. As France descended into crisis,  the UF and the UNC sought to extend their influence into  the non-veteran milieu through public demonstrations,  propaganda campaigns and the foundation of auxiliary  groups. Despite shifting policies and independent  initiatives, by the end of the 1930s the UF and the UNC had  come together in a campaign for authoritarian political  reform, leaving them perfectly placed to become the 'eyes  and ears' of Marshal Pétain's Vichy regime. Offering an  original contribution to the history of late Third  Republican political culture, From victory to Vichy will  appeal to students and scholars of modern France and  Europe."--Provided by publisher.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/465714},
}