War in Ukraine: airstrikes, drones and a looming counteroffensive
This week saw heightened tensions in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. A wave of drone strikes hit the Russian capital Tuesday morning, bringing the war to Moscow for the first…
We love their food and fashion, but we don’t always love their foreign policy. Husband-and-wife authors Jean-Benoit Nadeau and Julie Barlow tell of their extensive research into French history and culture in pursuit of an answer to the eternal question: what makes the French so … French?
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- Jean-Benoit Nadeau Montreal-based journalist. He co-authored this book with his wife Julie Barlow; the two are also co-authors of "Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong."
- Julie Barlow Author
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