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Why France turned on its foolish hero; Critic's choice.(Book Review)
The Daily Mail (London, England)
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May 13, 2005
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Byline: PETER LEWIS
PETAIN
by Charles Williams
(Little, Brown, [pounds sterling]30)
BOOKS about national heroes are easy to write.
Books about national scapegoats are rarely attempted. Petain was both. As France's national hero of World War I, he became its symbol of disgrace in World War II.
This biography attempts a difficult balancing feat: it asks whether Charles de Gaulle, who got out of occupied France to continue the fight, has been unduly praised while Henri-Philippe Petain, who refused to leave, has been unduly ...
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