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To: Ilaine who wrote (114740)	9/13/2003 10:58:44 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 281500

Salam Pax's blog finally updated, and the news is good. He's got a book coming out, he's interviewed on BBC radio, he's got a lot of stuff going on. How lucky we are to be able to read his "voice" and hear his voice and, for that matter, read each other. Amazing, isn't it? dear_raed.blogspot.com "Yes I support the ousting of the regime." But he also says, we should have done it ten years ago. Sorry, I wish we had done it ten years ago, myself. bbc.co.uk

To: Ilaine who wrote (114740)	9/14/2003 12:04:54 AM
From: Sidney Reilly	Respond to of 281500

which dovetailed nicely into the recent French best sellers that claim that the US government is behind 9/11. It is behind 9-11 worldmessenger.20m.com seebo.net

To: Ilaine who wrote (114740)	9/14/2003 1:47:59 AM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 281500

Take a look at France: the Dark Years 1940-1944 by Julian Jackson. amazon.com From Publishers Weekly People from other Allied countries joke that, according to the French, every one of them participated in the resistance to German occupation during WWII. Jackson, a professor of history at the University of Wales-Swansea, spares no one in exploring not only the events of wartime France, but also developments in historical perspectives on the collaborationist Vichy regime and the Resistance. Moreover, he looks forward to future revelations. Between these endpoints lies a convoluted landscape bearing little resemblance to the usual simplistic pictures. Jackson's excellent study is timely those who remember the occupation will not be around us much longer. It has been a generation since the last general history of occupied France, and during that time, scholars have done much research on which Jackson draws. Beginning his history with the formation of the politics and society of the Third Republic, he exposes France's past in all its contradictions and complexities: the Resistance forces' diverse membership, including women, Jews, farm workers and foreigners; the latent forces in French government and culture that allowed for an easy transition to the Vichy government; Marshal P‚tain's increasing popularity while support for Vichy flagged. In liberated Paris, de Gaulle alleged that the French Republic "never ceased to exist" during occupation. "According to this reinterpretation," writes Jackson, "most of the horrors inflicted on France had been the work of the Germans alone." This insightful, thoroughly researched book will be of interest to scholars and general readers, who will come away with a profound understanding of a crucial time in French history. Jackson does readers a service, for at least another generation. 3 maps. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.