Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Contents ix
4. Tables x
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. France at the End of the War 7
7. 2. Foch and the Disjunction of Diplomacy and Military Planning 44
8. 3. Petain and Parliament: The Formulation and Passage of French Military Legislation 100
9. 4. From the Ruhr to Locarno via Morocco 144
10. 5. To the Maginot Line 187
11. 6. Epilogue, 1930-1940 230
12. Selected Bibliography 269
13. Index 289