Download or read book Reconciling France Against Democracy written by Sean Kennedy and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2007-02-27 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Launched as a veterans' group, during the mid-1930s the Croix de Feu grew into a nationalist movement with half a million supporters. In Reconciling France against Democracy Sean Kennedy explores how the group, led by François de La Rocque, reshaped French politics and helped set the stage for the repressive Vichy regime.