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I read an article in the "NY Times" on "Instructions for British Servicemen in France 1944." Is it popular in England? It seems to dampen some myths, such as the French living in an orgy of "wine, women and song." I also thought the Frenchman's enjoyment of an intellectual argument was interesting. Has anyone read it?
 
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I read a similar article in a paper, although with shorter extracts. I haven't read the whole instructions.


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I noticed the following in the article, quoted from the book, that Kalleh cites:

The long wars with England and the recurrent invasions from our side of the Channel have left the modern Frenchman with no grudge against us, except perhaps for the burning of Joan of Arc.

There's also a "grudge"?
 
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