There were the events of 1968 when young people began to ask their parents, what did you do in the war? And since the middle- or late-'70s, the French have been absolutely obsessed with the Vichy regime. They have an institute of contemporary history that turns out first-rate scholarly work. Their textbooks are accurate. Whether the students actually read them is another matter.
Marshal Petain's Vichy regime looked like that new start. A couple of years later, it wasn't so evident that he was going to be able to protect them … - Robert O. Paxton
Marshal Petain's Vichy regime looked like that new start. A couple of years later, it wasn't so evident that he was going to be able to protect them …
- Robert O. Paxton
I think the French have come to grips with their past, and that was true up until about - until the '70s. And then there were things like the film "T… - Robert O. Paxton
I think the French have come to grips with their past, and that was true up until about - until the '70s. And then there were things like the film "T…
There were the events of 1968 when young people began to ask their parents, what did you do in the war? And since the middle- or late-'70s, the Frenc… - Robert O. Paxton
There were the events of 1968 when young people began to ask their parents, what did you do in the war? And since the middle- or late-'70s, the Frenc…
I think the career of President Mitterrand, which was rather sensational when it was revealed, is probably very typical. - Robert O. Paxton
I think the career of President Mitterrand, which was rather sensational when it was revealed, is probably very typical.
Well, I think they're going to learn that an awful lot of French people changed their minds. In 1940, the Third Republic had made a miserable mess of… - Robert O. Paxton
Well, I think they're going to learn that an awful lot of French people changed their minds. In 1940, the Third Republic had made a miserable mess of…
Well, almost everything is open - the political documents, the (unintelligible) of cabinet meetings. What has been opened now and what had been close… - Robert O. Paxton
Well, almost everything is open - the political documents, the (unintelligible) of cabinet meetings. What has been opened now and what had been close…
Birdscapes moves rather like those swallows, dipping and swerving to pick up all sorts of items of interest. Mynott tells plenty of good birding tale… - Robert O. Paxton
Birdscapes moves rather like those swallows, dipping and swerving to pick up all sorts of items of interest. Mynott tells plenty of good birding tale…
A form of political behavior marked by obsessive preoccupation with community decline, humiliation or victimhood and by compensatory cults of unity, … - Robert O. Paxton
A form of political behavior marked by obsessive preoccupation with community decline, humiliation or victimhood and by compensatory cults of unity, …
Well, he worked for a fairly harmless agency. He worked for the agency that looked after French prisoners of war. Though he was capable of some horre… - Robert O. Paxton
Well, he worked for a fairly harmless agency. He worked for the agency that looked after French prisoners of war. Though he was capable of some horre…
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