Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-525) and index.
Translation of: La France de la Quatrième République.
Victory -- Survival -- The purges -- Restoration -- Production -- France in the world -- The parties take charge -- The double fracture of 1947 -- France under the American umbrella -- The third force -- Reconstruction and modernization -- Governing without choosing -- The impossible renewal -- The Algerian snare -- The collapse -- The stimulus of growth -- An unequal prosperity -- The fluid society? -- Towards the 'polyculture'