The Last Emperors

February 19, 2004 | This article appeared in the March 8, 2004 edition of The Nation.

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If Winston Churchill is today the icon of an American right that denounced the "appeasement" of Iraq, Charles de Gaulle is the inspiration for some of those who continue to urge European governme

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Richard Vinen

Richard Vinen teaches European history at King's College in London. His latest book is A History in Fragments: Europe...

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