The Fifth French Republic

by Nicholas Atkin

Book Overview

At the time of its founding, few predicted that the Fifth Republic would survive. It is a regime whose obituary has been written several times over, but which stubbornly refuses to die.

Adopting a chronological framework, this up-to-date study examines how the regime emerged out of the chaos of the Algerian crisis, how its political evolution has been very different from that envisaged by de Gaulle, and why it has endured. Nicholas Atkin...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333650573
• ISBN13: 9780333650578
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 7.9"