This book sets out to analyze the schism in French public opinion during the Spanish Civil War that was to end in the tragic collapse of French national unity. It examines how the French people viewed their position in the international imbroglio swirling around the Spanish question, and how news was manipulated as never before. Mainstream historical fact is presented as the skeleton on which French press reportage is grafted and included in the historical material is the author s research in the archives of all five of the French departements bordering on Spain. The work is divided into two...