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A Brief History of Francetells the story of the formation of this grand nation through its people, great events, and culture. When we think of France we often evoke images of fine food and wine, the elegant boulevards of Paris, and the chic beaches of St. Tropez, but the largest country in Europe has much more to offer than tourist attractions.

Maps	p. v
Introduction	p. 1
Cro-Magnon Man, Roman Gaul and the Feudal Kingdom	p. 6
A Nation Born in Blood	p. 26
Renaissance, Reformation and the Wars of Religion	p. 46
The Grand Century of the Sun King	p. 65
The Enlightenment and the Fall of the Monarchy	p. 84
From the Revolution to Napoleon	p. 104
Revolutionary Aftershocks and Another Napoleon	p. 126
The Third Republic: Semaine Sanglante to the First World War	p. 145
1919-1940: Defeat Out of Victory	p. 164
The Second World War: Collaboration and Resistance	p. 184
The Fourth Republic in Cold War and Colonial Crisis	p. 203
De Gaulle's Golden Decade Ends in Tragi-Comedy	p. 223
Mutations of the 'Republican Monarchy': Pompidou to Chirac	p. 244
The 'French Exception': Reality or Illusion?	p. 264
France in the New Global Order	p. 284
Notes and References	p. 310
Select Bibliography	p. 318
Index	p. 325
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A Brief History of France

A Brief History of France

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