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Article: Defining French fascism, finding fascists in France.
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- Canadian Journal of History
- Article date:
- December 1, 1994
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En France, on est toujours ou l'on a ete le fasciste de quelqu'un.(1)
Although few historians would now deny that fascism in some form was an important part of France's political terrain in the 1930s, there is still little agreement about its origins, its nature, or the extent to which it infiltrated French politics. The lack of consensus in many ways reflects the original fluidity that existed in interwar France between fascist and non-fascist politics. It was no easy matter then to distinguish Fascists from fellow-travellers, anti-democratic conservatives or authoritarian socialists. After the war, painful memories of defeat, occupation, and collaboration ensured ...