The French empire between the wars is the first study of the French colonial empire at its height in the twenty years following the First World War. Based on ex

France experienced a period of crisis following World War I when the relationship between the nation and its colonies became a subject of public debate. The Fre

Although shattered by war, in 1945 Britain and France still controlled the world's two largest colonial empires, with imperial territories stretched over four c

By considering the distinctiveness of the inter-war years as a discrete period of colonial change, this book addresses several larger issues, such as tracing th

The French empire at war draws on original research in France and Britain to investigate the history of the divided French empire - the Vichy and the Free Frenc