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French public attitudes towards the prospect of war in 1938-1939: `pacifism' or `war anxiety'? (2007)
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Hucker, D. (2007). French public attitudes towards the prospect of war in 1938-1939: `pacifism' or `war anxiety'?. French History, 21(4), https://doi.org/10.1093/fh/crm060

This article challenges the received wisdom that French public opinion was infused with pacifist sentiment during the 1930s, and that this sentiment in turn contributed to the French defeat of 1940. It will suggest that French public attitudes toward... Read More about French public attitudes towards the prospect of war in 1938-1939: `pacifism' or `war anxiety'?.