Les représentations de la guerre dans la culture française de l'entre-deux-guerres

The representations of war in French culture in the interwar period, Antoine Prost. War was indeed "dynamic" before 1914, but the experience of 1914-1918 ruined its previous representations. It was thereafter perceived both as a catastrophe and as fatal. Between 1918 and 1939, this representation no longer allowed preparations for a new conflict. Relying on Alain and Giraudoux, the author explains how the will to save a certain honor of victorious war led to sacrifice honor at the time of the defeat of 1940.Prost Antoine. Les représentations de la guerre dans la culture française de l'entre-deux-guerres. In: Vingtième Siècle, revue d'histoire, n°41, janvier-mars 1994. La guerre de 1914-1918. Essais d'histoire culturelle. pp. 23-31