The Uncertain Foundation

Introduction: France's 'Long' Liberation, 1944-47; A.Knapp The Liberation and the Institutional Question in France; E.Cartier 'Sénat ou pas Sénat?' - The 'First' Council of the Republic; P.Smith De Gaulle and the Paradox of Post-War French Politics; D.Goldey Replacement or Renewal? The French Political Élite at the Liberation; O.Wieviorka 'The Politics of Political Women': Reassessing the First Députées ; H.Footitt France's Liberation Era, 1944-47: A Social and Economic Settlement?; H.Chapman Catholics and the Long Liberation: The Progressive Moment; N.Atkin Whose Liberation? Confronting the Problem of the French Empire, 1944-1947; M.Shipway Moscow, the Parti Communiste Français, and France's Political Recovery; N.Naoumova Washington at the Liberation, 1944-1947; C.Cogan & A.Knapp The Half-Open Window: France and Britain, 1944-1947; A.Knapp Occupation, Liberation, Purges: the Changing Landscape of French Memory; P.Buton