Raymond Poincaré - Hardcover

Keiger, J. F. V.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521573874 ISBN 13: 9780521573870

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1997

Synopsis

This pioneering work is the first biography for thirty-five years of one of France's foremost modern statesmen. Based on considerable new archival material, it sheds light on the origins of the First World War, the post-war peace settlement, inter-war international finance, as well as the feminist and animal rights movements in France at the beginning of the twentieth century. Raymond Poincaré is a subtle and fascinating portrait of this most prominent, yet most elusive, of European leaders.

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From the Back Cover:

In a career which ran from the 1880s to the 1930s, one of the most formative periods of modern French history, Poincare held the principal offices of state. He played crucial roles in France's entry into the First World War, the organisation of the war effort, the peace settlement, the reparations question, the occupation of the Ruhr and the reorganisation of French finances in the 1920s. His life and work is surrounded by controversy and myth, from 'Poincare-la-guerre' to 'Poincare-le-franc', which this book dissects. Using a host of new archival material ranging from ministry of finance sources to private diaries, Professor Keiger explores the historiography of the president. Raymond Poincare is a subtle and fascinating portrait of one of the Third Republic's most prominent, yet most elusive, leaders - a politician who, somewhat surprisingly, held animal rights and feminism to be as important as party politics and public finance.

Review:

"...provides an excellent introduction to the political questions which dominated the central years of the Third Republic. In short, this biographical study will be useful to a range of readers from experienced scholars to advanced undergraduates." H-France

"...the book is an important addition to knowledge of the man and his times....Keiger breaks new ground..." D. Knisley, Choice

"The research is solid, the prose is vigorous and the book is a pleasure to read. In short, it is required reading for all students of Third Republic France." William D. Irvine, Canadian Journal of History

"This is a welcome addition to the history of France." Robert J. Young, History

"...Keiger's study is always lucid and fastidious." Martin Thomas, The International History Review

"...Keiger's biography is a valuable contribution to the history of Third Republic France." Marjorie M. Farrar, American Historical Review

"...an important contribution to the historiography of France's Third Republic." Stephen D. Carls, Historian

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0521573874
• ISBN 13: 9780521573870
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 424