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Philip Nord, « Guillaume Piketty, Français, libre. Pierre de Chevigné », Histoire Politique, ID : 10.4000/histoirepolitique.9416
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The comma that separates français and libre in the title of Guillaume Piketty’s fine, new biography of Pierre de Chevigné says a lot. Chevigné was a graduate of Saint-Cyr, a military man by vocation with an appetite for combat. He distinguished himself in the campaign of 1940 and refused to give up the fight even in the wake of defeat. Chevigné repudiated Pétain’s armistice, headed to England, and, once there, rallied to La France libre. This was no easy choice. Chevigné left behind two mothe...