Robert Tombs, Emile Chabal (eds), Britain and France in Two World Wars: Truth, Myth and Memory
Journal: Histoire Politique
Year: 2023

For the past century Britain and France have remained uneasy neighbours, despite their common membership in NATO and the European Union, and despite their struggle for survival against a common enemy in two world wars. This is usually explained by reference to their long history of mutual antagonism in earlier times and their imperial rivalry which endured into the twentieth century. However, the contributors to this important collection of essays argue that it is also bound up with their dif...