Ebook: Sixty million Frenchmen can't be wrong: why we love France but not the French

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgments; Map of France; Table of Contents; Introduction; Part One: Spirit; Chapter 1: Meet the Aborigines; Chapter 2: The Land on Their Mind; Chapter 3: Private Space; Chapter 4: Grandeur is Better; Chapter 5: The Art of Eloquence; Chapter 6: Until-the-Bitter-End-Ism; Chapter 7: World War II: The Unforgotten War; Chapter 8: Algeria: The Unacknowledged War; Part Two: Structure; Chapter 9: The Penchant for Absolutism; Chapter 10: The State: One for All, and All for One; Chapter 11: Dogs, Towns, and Local Government; Chapter 12: Strong Language.;"Sixty Million Frenchmen does its job marvelously well. After reading it, you may still think the French are arrogant, aloof, and high-handed, but you will know why."--Wall Street JournalDecrypting French ideas about land, food, privacy, and language, and more, the authors weave together the threads of French society for a fresh take on a country that no one can seem to understand.