Best of Enemies: Anglo-French Relations Since the Norman ConquestRepublished for the centenary of the Entente Cordiale, this new edition of Best of Enemies gives an entertaining and perceptive overview of Anglo-French relations. Updated to include the Anglo-French disagreements over the second Gulf War, this is an extensively revised edition of a book that was widely praised when it first appeared in 1995. Robert Gibson gives a lucid and lively account of the love-hate relationship between the English and the French that has lasted for more than a thousand years. Richly illustrated with cartoons from both sides of the Channel, this intelligent and well-documented study will appeal to anyone interested in the history of English and French relations. Reviews of the previous edition "Best of Enemies is a thoroughly absorbing - and at times hilarious - study of 800 years of hostilities and misunderstandings between our nations." Tom Hibbert, The Mail on Sunday "Copious quotation plus a pleasingly crisp style combine to make this a very attractive and readable volume. Just the thing to consult en route to the gnte." Michhle Roberts, The Independent "This is a readable and scholarly enhancement of the understanding of our diplomatic and military history over nearly a thousand years." Alan Clark, The Daily Telegraph "[A] highly readable account of Anglo-French relations over the past millennium . the perspectives Gibson offers are welcome and timely." A.C. Grayling, The Financial Times |
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Contents
The Growth of Nationalism in the Middle Ages | 1 |
The Religious and Cultural Divide in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries | 34 |
Cosmopolitanism and Xenophobia in the Eighteenth Century | 67 |
The French Revolution | 93 |
Napoleon | 123 |
Love Hate and Suspicion 18141914 | 159 |
Uneasy Entente in the Two World Wars | 216 |
De Gaulle and After | 269 |
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| Title | Best of Enemies: Anglo-French Relations Since the Norman Conquest |
| Author | Robert Gibson |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Impress Books Limited, 2004 |
| ISBN | 0954758609, 9780954758608 |
| Length | 326 pages |
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