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In the Thick of the Fight, 1930-1945, by Paul Reynaud. Translated by James D. Lambert. 684 pp. New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc. $7.50

At first glance this encyclopaedic volume seems to be only another French politician’s apologia for his role in the overwhelming disaster of June 1940. Actually, however, it is a series of historical papers and serious personal memoranda in which the patient scholar can find food for a good deal of thought.

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In the Thick of the Fight, 1930-1945, by Paul Reynaud. Translated by James D. Lambert. 684 pp. New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc. $7.50

At first glance this encyclopaedic volume seems to be only another French politician’s apologia for his role in the overwhelming disaster of June 1940. Actually, however, it is a series of historical papers and serious personal memoranda in which the patient scholar can find food for a good deal of thought.