Robert Tourly

Robert Tourly was born in 1888 in Saint-Leu-d'Esserent, Oise.

He joined the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) in 1911.

In 1912, he contributed to the Prolétaire de l'Oise founded that year, and in 1913, he became editor in chief of Démocratie de l'Aisne.

He served in the army during World War I (1914–18).{{sfn|Dictionnaire biographique du mouvement ouvrier français}}

In 1922, Tourly was elected to the managing committee of the French Communist Party (PCF: Parti communiste de France).

He was expelled from the PCF the next year.{{sfn|Dictionnaire biographique du mouvement ouvrier français}}

A reviewer said of his 1928 collection of journalistic sketches Le Conflit de demain : Berlin, Varsovie, Dantzig that it was "somewhat superficial, but lively and sincere."{{sfn|Reviewed Work: Le Conflit de demain|p=360}}

In the 1930s, Tourly was fully dedicated to pacifism, as were Madeleine Vernet and Théodore Ruyssen.{{sfn|Olivera|Offenstadt|1993|p=55}}

He was among the members of the Ligue internationale des combattants de la paix (LICP) founded by Victor Méric (1876–1933) in 1931.{{sfn|Dreyfus|1988|p=465}}

He was known for directing La Patrie humaine (1931–39) with Victor Méric and Roger Monclin (1903–85).{{sfn|Tourly, Robert, Cgecaf}}

Tourly and Z. Lvovsky co-authored a short biography of Hitler in 1932, describing his nationalistic and anti-semitic agenda and analyzing his base of support. The authors called for discussion on reasonable changes to the Treaty of Versailles and for European economic union and disarmament.{{sfn|Winter|1933|p=45}}

Robert Tourly died in 1966.{{sfn|Dictionnaire biographique du mouvement ouvrier français}}

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• {{cite book|author=Robert Tourly|title=Les reflets : poèmes |others=Drawings by Mme Gross-Fulpius and John Mossaz|edition=2|location=Lausanne |publisher=A. Lapie|year=1918}}
• {{cite book|author=Robert Tourly|title=Le conflit de demain (Berlin-Varsovie-Dantzig)|location=Paris |publisher=A. Delpeuch|year=1928}}
• {{cite book|author=Robert Tourly|title=Maroc |location=Paris|publisher=Éditions du Tambourin|year=1930}}
• {{cite book|author=Robert Tourly|title=Derrière les brumes de la Vistule|location=Paris|publisher=Éditions de la Nouvelle revue critique|year=1931}}
• {{cite book|author=Robert Tourly|title=A travers la Russie nouvelle 1, Du Caucase à Moscou |location=Paris |publisher=Editions "Sirius" |year=1932}}
• {{cite book|author1=Robert Tourly|author2=Z. Lvovsky|title=Hitler|others=Preface by Pierre Mac Orlan|location=Paris|publisher=Catalogne|year=1932}}
• {{cite book|author=Robert Tourly|title=À travers la Russie nouvelle: de Moscou au Caucase|location=Paris |publisher=Éd. Sirius , cop.|year=1932}}

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• {{cite book|ref={{harvid|Dictionnaire biographique du mouvement ouvrier français}}

|title=Dictionnaire biographique du mouvement ouvrier français|publisher=Les Editions de l'Atelier|year=1997}}

• {{cite journal|title=Pacifistes socialistes et humanistes dans les années trente

|last=Dreyfus|first=Michel|journal=Revue d'histoire moderne et contemporaine|volume=35e |issue=3|pages=452–469

|date=July–September 1988

|publisher=Societe d'Histoire Moderne et Contemporaine|jstor=20529381|doi=10.3406/rhmc.1988.1459

}}

• {{cite journal|last1=Olivera |first1=Philippe |last2=Offenstadt |first2=Nicolas |title=L'engagement pour la paix dans la France de l'entre-deux-guerres : un ou des pacifismes ?

|journal=Matériaux Pour l'Histoire de Notre Temps|volume=30

|year=1993|issue=30 S'engager pour la paix dans la France de l'entre–deux–guerres|pages=53–56

|doi=10.3406/mat.1993.404094}}

• {{cite journal|ref={{harvid|Reviewed Work: Le Conflit de demain}}

|title=Reviewed Work: Le Conflit de demain: Berlin, Varsovie, Dantzig. by Robert Tourly

|journal=Journal of the Royal Institute of International Affairs|volume= 7|issue=5 |date=September 1928|publisher=Wiley on behalf of the Royal Institute of International Affairs|doi=10.2307/3015184|jstor=3015184}}

• {{cite web|ref={{harvid|Tourly, Robert, Cgecaf}}|url=http://cgecaf.ficedl.info/mot2172.html

|title=Tourly, Robert (1888-1966)|publisher=Cgecaf|access-date=2015-05-19}}

• {{cite journal|title=Review: Hitler

|last=Winter|first=Calvert J.|journal=Books Abroad|volume=7|issue=1|date=January 1933

|publisher=University of Oklahoma|jstor=40073680}}

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Category:1888 births

Category:1966 deaths

Category:French communists