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The Fright of the Generals
A funny thing happened on the way to the Great Reset. A couple of weeks ago, members of the french army—about 20 generals, a hundred high-ranking officers and more than a thousand various ranks—some...
View ArticleThe segregation of Citizen COVID
France brings out a SARS-CoV variant of leprostigma by fiat. Now where did I put my clapper and bell? You know that funny feeling when the head of State addresses the nation and declares that you and...
View ArticleA Prototype for Biden?
President Biden’s bizarre behavior during media appearances reminds me of something. The British general Edward Spears, who was Churchill’s personal emissary to the French Army during the campaign of...
View ArticleBook Bleg – German Occupation of France
I am taking some (well deserved) time off around the Holidays, and would like to read up on the German occupation of France during WW2. I know it is a big subject but just let ‘er rip. Thanks in advance.
View ArticleDangers of National Dependency
I recently read a history of the French Air Force–The Rise and Fall of the French Air Force, Greg Baughen–which includes much analysis of aircraft design and construction. One historical fact I...
View ArticleThe French Army in 1940…and the American CDC in 2021
Andre Beaufre, later a general, was in 1940 a young Captain on the French general staff. He had been selected for this organization a few years earlier, and had originally been very pleased to be in...
View ArticleThe New Eurasian Century (???)
A post by Joel Kotkin, at Quillette, projects a future in which Europe and Asia eclipse the US. And a response by Stuart Schneiderman: The Coming Eurasian Century. Read and discuss.
View ArticleAristos a la Lanterne!
When the rage of downtrodden French peasants, living-on-the-edge city dwellers and frustrated bourgeois towards the ruling nobles and royalty final exploded into a kind of civic wildfire, there was no...
View ArticleBook Review: The Year of the French (rerun)
The Year of the French, by Thomas Flanagan (This being St Patrick’s day, I’m again taking advantage of the hook to re-post this review, in the hope of inspiring a few more people to read this...
View ArticleReprise Post; At the Tomb of Couperin – Thoughts on a Centenary
(For Veteran’s Day – a reprise post from 2018) There is a lovely little classical piece by Maurice Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin, composed shortly after the end of the war, five of the six movements...
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