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Pierre Laval and His Role in The French Policy 1914 - 1945
Author name:
حيدر علي حريج السعدي
Supervisor name:
جاسم محمد هايس
General topic:
History
Specific topic:
History
Language:
Arabic
First pages:
11T3176 - p.pdf
Abstract:
This study deals with a very important personality in the history of France that has greatly affected the events there, Pierre Laval, who played a crucial role and left clear fingerprints in the French political arena. The present study starts from 1914 since it remarks the beginning of lava’s political career in which he became a member of French Parliament and then he occupied different ministerial positions until he became the prime minister four times during various periods between (1930 - 1944),in 1945, Laval was executed, thus, this year remarks the end of this study.This study composed of an introduction, a preface, four chapters, and a conclusion, the preface talks about lava’s life from 1883 to genesis of his life in 1914,It focuses on the beginning of his life as lawyer. The first chapter consists of three sections, the first section deals with the election of Pierre Laval as a French parliament member, and his efforts during the period of his membership in the French parliament (1914 - 1918), also, it talks about the political efforts of Laval in France after the end of World War I until 1923, section two deals with membership of Pierre Laval in the French parliament in the period (1924 - 1928), after winning the independence, and his first ministerial positions in France during this period. In addition, it concerned with his role in French politics until 1930. The third section deals with Laval’s premiership in 1931, and reviewing his first efforts to cope with the effects of the global financial crisis on France (1929 - 1931) ,and his and Dora’s efforts in the French politics until 1932.Chapter Two consists of three sections. The first one deals with the political role of Laval in France from 20 february 1932 until 9 October 1934, the second section deals with the carrier of Laval as the French foreign minister, and his role in international alliances to encircle Germanic industry within Europe from 9 october 1934 until 7 June 1935, the third section reviews Laval’s second period as a prime minister in 7 june 1935 and his internal reforms and political activity until 1938. The third chapter deals with his political activity in France in the period 1939_1942, this chapter consists of three sections, the first section shows Laval’s attitude concerning the French declaration of war on Germany and his political activity, the second section reviews the efforts of Laval to put a new constitution for France and his attempts to cooperate with Germany, the third section deals with the ministry Laval third attempt the normalization of Franco - German cooperation in the period 16 July - 13 December 1940.Chapter Four talks about the collapse of the fourth government of Vichy, and the trial of Laval 1942 - 1944, this divided into three sections, the first one talks about the efforts of German ambassador Abetz to re - back Laval to the government and the attempt to assassinate Laval, the second section deals with the return of Laval to the government and his fourth period as a prime minster 1942 - 1944, Section three talks about the trial of Pierre Laval from 4 october - to 14 october 1945
