Anticommunism in French society and politics, 1945-1953 /
"This book examines the role of anticommunism in French politics and society from 1945 to 1953. It evaluates the prevalence of anticommunism among the French population and examines its causes, character, and consequences through a series of case studies on different segments of French society....
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Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2023]
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| Series: | Oxford historical monographs.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Anticommunism in French Society and Politics, 1945-1953
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- The Historiography of Anticommunism in France
- Plan of Study
- Themes of French Anticommunism
- 1. Anticommunism in French Politics and Society, 1945-1953: An Overview
- Reconstruction
- Recovery and Reaction
- Legacies of Occupation and Resistance
- French Communism
- Decolonization
- Anti-Americanism
- Religion
- Gender
- Conclusion
- 2. L'Affaire Bertier: Anticommunism in the French Scouting Movement
- A Brief Introduction to Scouting in France
- Georges Bertier and His Use of Anticommunism
- Communism, Patriotism, Militarism
- Anticommunism and the Empire: Defending the Imperial Mission
- Communism and Sexual Contamination: The Problem of 'Mixité'
- Godless Communism: Secularism or Atheism chez les Éclaireurs
- Scout Internationalism: French Scouting and Eastern Europe
- Anti-Urbanism, Anti-Productivism, and Anticommunism
- Conclusion
- 3. 'La Première Victime': Familialism and Anticommunism
- Mythe Neutraliste, Political Reality: Familialism and Anticommunism
- The Family and the State
- Modern Families: Personalism and Productivism
- Working Women and the 'Salaire Unique'
- Foyers and Families: Housing
- Nutrition and the Cost of Living
- Education, Morality, and Motherhood
- 'Chef de la Famille': Fatherhood and the Family
- The Family and the Wider World
- Conclusion
- 4. Koulaks and Cocos: Anticommunism and French Agriculture
- The CGA and the Struggle for Control of French Agriculture
- The USSR: From Scientific Utopia to Collectivist Dystopia
- Discourses of Deception in French Agricultural Anticommunism
- Devious or Dull: Portrayals of Communist Peasants versus Others
- Civilisés contre barbares
- Class Conflict in the Countryside?
- Anticommunism, Antitechnocracy, and Antiestablishment Feelings among the French Peasantry
- The United States: Ally or Competitor
- Conclusion
- 5. Marx vs. La Fontaine: Anticommunism and the Classes Moyennes
- Organizing the Classes Moyennes
- Les Classes Moyennes: Foundation of Western Civilization
- The Communists: Enemies of Civilization
- Les Classes Moyennes contre Dirigisme
- The Classes Moyennes and the Wider World
- Conclusion
- 6. Le Parti du Prolétariat? Anticommunism and the Working Class
- Bitter Defeat: The Emotions of Anticommunist Activists
- An Opportunity Lost: The 'Battle for Production' and Rank-and-File Discontent
- Planning, Productivism, Personalism
- Inheritance Battles: The Struggle for the Historical Legacy of the Workers' Movement
- Gender and the 'Male Collectivity'
- Class, Fraternité, and Anti-anticommunism
- Paradis ou enfer? Workers, Anticommunists, and the USSR
- Conclusion: A 'Counter-Society'?
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Primary Sources
- Secondary Sources
- Index