Masterly history of the post-war trial of the leader of Vichy France reveals how the aftershocks are still being felt in French politics
When Charles de Gaulle dramatically resigned as president of France in 1969, he immediately flew to Ireland for a holiday. The World War II hero always had a soft spot for the land of his ancestors and liked president Éamon de Valera so much that he did him the rare honour of communicating through English.
We can assume that neither man mentioned an embarrassing fact: during the war, Irish neutrality had compelled Dev to formally ...
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