Les représentations de la guerre dans la culture française de l'entre-deux-guerres - article ; n°1 ; vol.41, pg 23-31

Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'histoire - Année 1994 - Volume 41 - Numéro 1 - Pages 23-31
The representations of war in French culture in the interwar period, Antoine Prost.
War was indeed dynamic before 1914, but the experience of 1914-1918 ruined its previous representations. It was thereafter perceived both as a catastrophe and as fatal. Between 1918 and 1939, this representation no longer allowed preparations for a new conflict. Relying on Alain and Giraudoux, the author explains how the will to save a certain honor of victorious war led to sacrifice honor at the time of the defeat of 1940.
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Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.