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03481aam a2200301Ki 4500 001 7FADC87CDFA711E6A701C9A6DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170121010031 008 160613t20162016nyuaf e b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2016024799 020 $a 1250096839 020 $a 9781250096838 035 $a (OCoLC)951854719 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d OI6 $d ON8 $d NYP $d FM0 $d WIM $d OU9 $d SILO 043 $a e-fr--- 100 1 $a Fenby, Jonathan, $e author. 240 10 $a History of modern France 245 10 $a France : $b a modern history from the Revolution to the war with terror / $c Jonathan Fenby. 250 $a First U.S. edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b St. Martin's Press, $c 2016. 300 $a xxxix, 536 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 25 cm 500 $a Originally published: The history of modern France. London : Simon & Schuster, 2015. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-515) and index. 505 00 $g Part 5 $t The weight of history. $t Restoration -- $t Reaction and revolution -- $t Citizen king -- $t Sharpening the knife -- $g Part 2 $t Republicanism and empire 1848-1870: $t The impossible dream -- $t From prince president to emperor -- $t The opportunistic empire -- $t Reform and disaster -- $g Part 3 $t The third republic 1870-1940: $t The bloody week -- $t A good little republic -- $t The men of the middle -- $t From the affair to war -- $t The troubled peace -- $t Tout va treÌs bien, madame la marquise -- $g Part 4 $t Vichy, De Gaulle and the unloved republic 1940-1958: $t Two Frances -- $t Liberation -- $t Seeking a new course -- $t The unloved republic -- $t The end of a republic -- $g Part 5 $t The fifth republic 1958-2015: $t New regime, new times -- $t Decline and fall -- $t The banker, the prince and the Florentine -- $t Bulldozer, bling and normal -- $t The weight of history. 520 $a "With the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815, the next two centuries for France would be tumultuous. Critically acclaimed historian and political commentator Jonathan Fenby provides an expert and riveting journey through this period as he recounts and analyzes the extraordinary sequence of events of this period from the end of the First Revolution through two others, a return of Empire, three catastrophic wars with Germany, periods of stability and hope interspersed with years of uncertainty and high tensions. As her cross-channel neighbor Great Britain would equally suffer, France was to undergo the wrenching loss of colonies in the post-Second World War era as the new modern world we know today took shape. Her attempts to become the leader of the European Union was a constant struggle, as was her lack of support for America in the two Gulf Wars of the past twenty years. Alongside this came huge social changes and cultural landmarks, but also fundamental questioning of what this nation, which considers itself exceptional, really stood--and stands--for. That saga and those questions permeate the France of today, now with an implacable enemy to face in the form of Islamic extremism which so bloodily announced itself this year in Paris. Fenby will detail every event, every struggle, and every outcome across this expanse of 200 years. It will prove to be the definitive guide to understanding France."--Provided by publisher. 941 $a 1 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20170121011039.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7FADC87CDFA711E6A701C9A6DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search