Aims to bring to life the great dramas of modern France - the two cataclysmic wars - the Algerian disaster, and the student and worker revolt of 1968. This title presents the history of people and events that tells a multitude of stories, exploring the special worlds of the workplace, the role of women, and the politics of everyday life.

Rod Kedward brings to life the great, and often terrible, dramas of modern France - the two cataclysmic wars, the Algerian disaster, the student and worker revolt of 1968 - but also explores the special worlds of the workplace, immigration, minorities, the role of women, and the politics of everyday life and collective memory. La Vie en Bleu is a history of people and events that tells a multitude of stories, some impressive, some shameful and many that starkly divide the French among themselves.