"[These essays] make useful contributions. They all identify interesting
problems, often fresh and original; display significant research; and are
clearly written." · Robert O. Paxton, Columbia University "All of the chapters
positively contribute to demonstrating the historiographical changes in our
understanding of the French right. The concept is strong. Fascism in general is
undergoing a fairly comprehensive reassessment and these articles certainly
address the ways in which new interpretations affect French historiography." ·
Sam Goodfellow, Westminster College
During the interwar years France experienced severe political polarization. At
the time many observers, particularly on the left, feared that the French right
had embraced fascism, generating a fierce