Berry’s study is the first English-language evaluation of the development of the French anarchist movement between the great wars. Using an impressive array of archival sources and personal interviews, his original research explores the debates and growing pains of a large, working-class movement facing great obstacles. Focusing on the organised wings of the movement – the syndicalist and anarcho-communist groups – it offers a ringside seat to the legacy of the First International, the Russian Revolution and subsequent Bolshevik treachery, as well as the fight against fascism.