CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Land, Resources, and Strategic Planning 13
6. 2. Disarmament and the Drift toward Arms Equality, 1933 33
7. 3. Security First, 1934 52
8. 4. The Foreign Policy of Pierre Laval, 1934–1935 76
9. 5. Anglo-French Relations, 1935-1936: Ethiopia and Rhineland 99
10. 6. The Foreign Policy of the Popular Front, 1936-1937 130
11. 7. National Defense and the Popular Front, 1936-1937 160
12. 8. Anglo-French Relations, 1938: The Austrian and Czechoslovakian Crises 192
13. 9. Preparing for War, 1939 221
14. 10. Dénouement, 1940 246
15. Abbreviations 261
16. Notes 263
17. Index 341