Pierre Laval and the Eclipse of France, 1931-1945

"Pierre Laval is one of the most controversial figures in recent European history. Few authors have examined his career without passion, mainly hostile [...] What was long needed was a reasoned study of the man that threw on its subject the light of understanding, not the heat of partisan polemic, and this superb political biography by a perceptive British historian fills that need [...] Warner's impartial and intelligent book, based upon exhaustive research, gives us the opportunity to see...