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
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
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
Violence was prominent in France?s conquest of a colonial empire, and the use of force was integral to its control and regulation of colonial territories. What,
Looking at decolonization in the conditional tense, this volume teases out the complex and uncertain ends of British and French empire in Africa during the peri