Thought provoking history and philosophy. The book covers war time controversies little known to most Americans of my post-war baby-boom generation and later. An entirely different perspective on Vichy France and on De Gaulle. No at all what I learned in school.

It is primarily a collection of letters, a few essays and remarks by others. It was assembled and published after his death, so it is not as polished as the work he prepared for publication. ( )