French History
J’accuse: the case that never closes
France was putting itself on trial, for its actions during the war
Liberty, fraternity, animosity
The right-wing turn in France
A magisterial study of war and strategy
Jeremy Black deals a fatal blow to Napoleon’s reputation as a military genius
France’s unspoken, unfinished civil war
France’s cycle of social unrest and politically polarised elections has its roots in the Algerian conflict and the ensuing unresolved struggle for the soul of the nation
Failed state
How history makes rioters of the French
Napoleon Bonaparte: The man behind the myth
Olivia Hartley and Dr Arabella Byrne talk about Napoleon’s legacy and why the French love anniversaries
Napoleon Bonaparte: A PR nightmare
On the bicentenary of his death, Napoleon Bonaparte remains a curiously stubborn rampart of cultural history in France and beyond
France since De Gaulle: a radical or conservative republic?
Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about French reforms and continuities from Georges Pompidou to Francois Hollande.
Did Gaullism save France?
Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about the French experience from the liberation of 1944 through to the student unrest of 1968
Will Biden be America’s Philippe Pétain?
So strong was the media’s desire to get rid of Trump, that they suspended all criticism of the cognitive decline of his successor