February 27, 2011
I do not know how far Marc Bloch is known in the English speaking world. In fact, in France or Germany as well. Bloch died in 1944, on a roadside, killed because of his involvement in the French Resistance. However this is not what made him so important among the historians. After a heroic participation… » read more
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February 26, 2011
After a long, very long silence, due to some professional overload, I am coming back to this blog. In the very next days, I will focus on this quote of Marc Bloch: “What drove our armies to disaster was the cumulative effect of a great number of different mistakes. One glaring characteristic is, however, common… » read more
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Having been involved in the construction of a European Defence at working level for a couple of years, I would like to go on, looking at its changes and progress through the prism of the various reports and press articles available on the web.
