This collection examines relations between France and Britain, in particular their conflicting memories of key episodes in their recent past.

France and Britain, indispensable allies in two world wars, remember and forget their shared history in contrasting ways. The book examines key episodes in the

"Brilliant... highly original in its approach and meticulously cautious, concise and convincing in its judgments." --Sidney B. Fay, The Yale Review

Germany's invasion of France in August 1914 represented a threat to the great power status of both Britain and France. The countries had no history of co-operat

Genuinely new story of the Second World War - the full account of England's last war against France in 1940-42. Most people think that England's last war with F