The illuminating intellectual biography of one of the most controversial Italian figures of the twentieth century.

“Le Chambon has long been mythologized in France for the actions of its inhabitants. . . . But, as this riveting history shows, the story is more complex. . .

Proposes a new interpretation of French collaboration during the Second World War, placing Fascist Italy at centre stage.

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