The Extreme Right in the French Resistance: Members of the Cagoule and Corvignolles in the Second World War

by Deacon Carr and Valerie Deacon

In the aftermath of World War II, historical accounts and public commentaries enshrined the French Resistance as an apolitical, unified movement committed to upholding human rights, equality, and republican values during the dark period of German occupation. Valerie Deacon complicates that conventional view by uncovering extreme-right participants in the Resistance, specifically those who engaged in conspiratorial, anti-republican, and quasi-fascist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807163627
• ISBN13: 9780807163627
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.9"