Jadis Volume 2 - Book 2 by Édouard Herriot

JADIS VOLUME 2 — BOOK 2 — ÉDOUARD HERRIOT

From the financial crisis of the 1920s to the Occupation of Lyon — Édouard Herriot was at the heart of all the trials of the waning Third Republic. This second book of volume 2 is a firsthand account of France’s darkest years, experienced by a man who never stopped defending freedom.

INTERWAR PERIOD AND OCCUPATION: A WITNESS AT THE HEART OF HISTORY

These essential memoirs explore:

• The Left-Wing Cartel: Édouard Herriot as President of the Council and his reforms
• The financial crisis of the 1920s: Budget deficit, French debt, and excessive public spending
• The London Conference: Negotiations on reparations and French interests
• Relations with the Anglo-Saxons: Great Britain, the United States, and Roosevelt
• The waning Third Republic: The final years of the republican regime
• Lyon under the Occupation: Herriot as mayor of Lyon facing the French State
• The defense of freedom: The fight for human dignity and republican values
• The French nation: Reflections on France’s identity and future

Édouard Herriot, six-time President of the Council, offers a unique testimony on the crises of the interwar period and the Occupation. An essential historical source for understanding the Third Republic, the Radical Party, and the challenges France faced between 1920 and 1945.

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