<EM>The Extreme Right in France, 1789 to the Present</EM> surveys the history of a fascinating but contentious political and intellectual tradition. Since 1789 the far right has been an important factor in French political life and in different eras has taken on a range of guises including traditionalism, ultra-royalism, radical nationalism, anti-Semitism and fascism.<BR>This book is structured around the five main phases of extreme right activity, and the author explores key questions about each:<BR>* Counter-revolution - what was the legacy of Joseph de Maistre's writings?<BR>* Anti-Third Republic protest - how was the 'new right' of the 1880s and 1890s different from the 'old right' of previous decades?<BR>* Inter-war fascism - how should we characterise the phenomenon of <EM>fascisme française</EM>?<BR>* Vichy - why did Pétain and Laval collaborate with the Nazis?<BR>* The Post-war far right - what is the relationship between Poujadism, <EM>Algérie Française</EM> and Le Pen's FN?