France's purveyors of hatred: aspects of the French extreme right and its influence, 1918-1945

Introductory : the radical right in France before the first World War -- The French right and Catholic movements in other European countries -- A Kind of 'torysme français'? Action Française and English cultural life -- 'There are some among our younger Welshmen to whom Maurras means a great deal' : the French right as a driving-force of Welsh Nationalism -- Backdrop to extremism : a peculiarly French form of social anti-Semitism -- Old and new, homegrown and foreign : the Ligues -- Pro-Nazism and the French right in the thirties : a comparison with the British experience -- Joy and despair; two contrasting fascist intellectuals, Robert Brasillach and Pierre Drieu la Rochelle -- Fascism from the Left? 'Neo-socialism' and 'planisme' in France and Belgium in the 1930s -- Nazi encouragement of independence movements : the case of Brittany -- 'Non-political' collaboration : a complicated picture -- Dilemmas of the French right in wartime Vichy, Paris, London and Algiers.

"This book examines the extreme right in France during the interwar period. It begins by describing the background of the French right before 1914 and then provides commentary and analysis of the broad range of the extra-parliamentary right in interwar France. Organisations such as Action Française and the militant ligues are examined as well as prominent extreme-right intellectuals such as Lucien Rebatet, Robert Brasillach and Pierre Drieu la Rochelle. The various forms of French anti-Semitism are assessed, and the book also situates the French extreme right within a broader context by assessing its impact on other European countries, including the UK. It concludes by exploring the complicated politics of wartime France where some extreme-right activists collaborated with the Nazis while others opposed them, and where few generalisations prove possible. This volume will be of great interest to scholars and students of French history, the extreme right and interwar politics"--

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and conventions -- 1 Introduction: The radical Right in France before the First World War -- Maurice Barrès (1862-1923) -- Édouard Drumont (1844-1917) -- Charles Maurras (1868-1952) -- Georges Sorel (1847-1922) -- Note -- Bibliography -- Books and articles -- Documents -- Newspapers and journals -- Part I Some aspects of the French radical Right's impact outside France in the interwar period -- 2 The French Right and Catholic movements in other European countries -- A false trail: Mussolinian Fascism -- Portugal -- Spain -- Belgium -- An anomaly: Greece, an Orthodox regime influenced by Action Française -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Books and articles -- Newspapers and journals -- 3 A kind of 'torysme français'?: Action Française and English cultural life -- Belloc and Chesterton -- T.E. Hulme -- T.S. Eliot -- Note -- Bibliography -- Books and articles -- Newspapers and journals -- 4 'There are some among our younger Welshmen to whom Maurras means a great deal': The French radical Right as a driving force o -- The post-war situation -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Books and articles -- Newspapers and journals -- Part II Interwar France -- 5 Backdrop to extremism: A peculiarly French form of social anti-Semitism -- Silbermann -- The critical response to Silbermann -- Changing attitudes -- Conclusion -- Note -- Bibliography -- Books and articles -- Newspapers and journals -- 6 Old and new, homegrown and foreign: The ligues -- Action Française, 1918-1934 -- The other ligues, 1919-1934 -- The 6th of February, 1934 -- A new virulence after 1934 -- A resurgence of anti-Semitism -- The ligues after 1934 -- The Parti Populaire Français (PPF) -- The Cagoule -- Conclusion -- Note.