Vile France: Fear, Duplicity, Cowardice and Cheese

Description

In this bitingly funny and insightful polemic, Boyles, who has lived and worked in France for several years, examines the internal crises -- a falling birth rate, an expanding Muslim minority, economic stagnation, a lessening of international prestige -- that have changed the personality of what was once 'La Belle France', transforming it into a nation afflicted with status anxiety. He explains how a country that endlessly repeats its credentials as America's oldest ally has become one of our most resolute enemies, wielding the biggest weapon in its arsenal -- the European Union -- against the interests of an America that it fears and envies. Vile France is a work that will gratify Francophobes everywhere and cause even the most committed defender of the Jacques Chirac worldview to crack an occasional smile.

Denis Boyles, National Review Online's popular 'Euro-Press' columnist, is the author of a number of other books. He worked for National Lampoon, Playboy and the New York Times Magazine, and is an editor-at-large of TV Guide. Mr Boyles lives with his family in a small town outside Paris.