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A renowned journalist shows us France as never before seen, and the view will chill and electrify anyone who enjoys - or loves to hate - the country that not only identified culture but offered us the term itself. The traditional head in the arts, letters, cuisine, and fashion, France embodies universally adored ideals of political expression and personal liberty. But France's traditions, coupled with its glorious history, in addition has created delusions of grandeur - the Gaullist conviction that France will be an "exception". France today is problems. High unemployment, an archaic economic system, a self-selecting governing class struggling to handle serious problems, and a devastating nostalgia for things past are dragging it closer to the brink at the very moment of Western unification. Urgent, convincing, and unsparing, this eye-opening go through the world's most sophisticated, seductive, and sometimes infuriating country will give even the most competent Francophile plenty to think about.

Category: European