Author: Hood, Ronald Chalmers, III
Title: Royal Republicans: The French Naval Dynasties Between the Two World Wars
Description: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State Univ. Press, (1985). orig.cloth. 23x15cm, (10),221 pp. Textual photo illustrations. Minor rubbing, VG. dustwrapper ¶ Contents: Inrtroduction: Historical Burdens of a Naval Tradition, 1690-1918; Social Foundations: Bourgeois Roots; Aristocratic Dreams; Family & Career Values: The French Naval Household: Mothers & Sons; As Fathers Did Before: The Life of a Knight Errant; The Officers Corps Engagé: Temptations from the Right; What Do We Do with the Legislature?; La Politique d'Abord; Denouement: Vichy & Beyond; Conclusion; Appendix: Composition of the French Naval Officer Corps in 1936.

Keywords: French Military Sociology, France, Naval, Officer Corps, Navy, Marine History, , ,