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Âge D’Or Ou Déclin Avancé ? : Les Succès Et Les Échecs De La Iiie République En France, 1870-10940 (Golden Age Or Rusted Decline?: The Successes And Failures Of The Third Republic In France, 1870-1940), John R. Teevan Iii May 2012

Âge D’Or Ou Déclin Avancé ? : Les Succès Et Les Échecs De La Iiie République En France, 1870-10940 (Golden Age Or Rusted Decline?: The Successes And Failures Of The Third Republic In France, 1870-1940), John R. Teevan Iii

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After a crushing defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, the first durable manifestation of the principles of the 1789 French Revolution arose from the ashes of the defeated authoritarian Second Empire. The Third Republic is still today the longest-lasting regime in France after the fall of the Ancien Régime. However, the Third Republic is infamous for its inability to adjust to the devastating effects of World War One, the economic crisis during the Great Depression and the ideological polarization between Fascism and Communism. One of the main weaknesses of the regime is found in its ministerial instability. For example, between May …