Interesting graphic on the longevity of France's Prime Ministers under the Fifth Republic. Pompidou comes out top at 2279 days!
Please sign the petition below in support of colleagues at Nottingham, where courses in the highly respected Dept of Modern Languages & Cultures have been earmarked for suspension.
I am grateful to contributors Mark Bennett, Mario Draper, Giorgio Ennas, Uygar Aydemir, Corentin Marion, Guillaume Lancereau, Maciej Górny, Nina Kreibig, Tobias Arand, Carolin Hestler, Marion Glaumaud-Carbonnier, Kate Ashley and Cathérine Pfauth.
It can often be difficult to get reviews of edited volumes. I'm therefore very grateful to Michael Epkenhans for this thoughtful review of my edited volume, The Franco-Prussian War. Turning-Points in European Experiences and Perceptions of Military Conflict.
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The book sprang from a conference that I organised to mark the 150th anniversary of the Franco-Prussian War. The Covid lockdown meant that it had to pivot to being online. As a result, the range of speakers and attendees was much wider and more international than would otherwise have been the case.
Batholdi's Lion de Belfort at place Denfert-Rochereau in Paris looks like it would benefit from being cleaned.