The Extreme Right in France, 1789 to the Present surveys the history of a fascinating but contentious political and intellectual tradition. Since 1789 the far right has been an important factor in French political life and in different eras has taken on a range of guises including traditionalism, ultra-royalism, radical nationalism, anti-Semitism and fascism.
This book is structured around the five main phases of extreme right activity, and the author explores key questions about each:
* Counter-revolution - what was the legacy of Joseph de Maistre's writings?
* Anti-Third Republic protest - how was the 'new right' of the 1880s and 1890s different from the 'old right' of previous decades?
* Inter-war fascism - how should we characterise the phenomenon of fascisme franAaise?
* Vichy - why did PA(c)tain and Laval collaborate with the Nazis?
* The Post-war far right - what is the relationship between Poujadism, AlgA(c)rie FranAaise and Le Pen's FN?

Introduction 1 The extreme right in France: an enduring political tradition? 2 1789-1830 - the Counter-Revolution: providence and plotting 3 1870-1918 - anti-Third Republic protest: revanche and the new nationalism 4 1919-39 - inter-war fascism: the ligues and 6 February 5 1940-4 - Vichy: The National Revolution, collaboration and collaborationism 6 1945-present day - ultra-nationalism and neo-fascism: Algérie Française, Poujadism and the Front National

Peter Davies is Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Huddersfield. He is author of The National Front in France (1999) and France and the Second World War (2000).