Used book – Du bon usage de la guerre civile en France, Jacques Marseille

"It's going to explode!" This premonition that French people express throughout their conversations shows that they know their history of France. From medieval peasant revolts to the Wars of Religion, from the Fronde to the Revolutionary Wars, from the June Days of 1848 to the massacres of the Commune, from the disaster of 1940 to the "suicide" of the Fourth Republic in 1958, civil war has indeed been the engine of our history and our way of achieving "ruptures." From Charles V to Henry IV, from Louis XIV to Bonaparte, from Napoleon III to Charles de Gaulle, these events have given birth to extraordinary men who, more than others, know how to take the pulse of their people and shape their destiny. As a historian, Jacques Marseille helps us understand the stakes of these civil wars, to shed light on the latent one unfolding before our eyes, and to understand its probable outcomes. Between soft compromises, new disappointments, and a clear "break" with a model that belongs to the past, the French will have to choose quickly. There is no doubt that this masterful "lesson" in history will help them do so.

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