Teaching Fellow in French Studies, University of Warwick
Dr David Lees teaches and researches modern French history and politics. He is a specialist of the French extreme-right and in particular the Vichy regime during the Occupation of France in World War II.
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Dec 04, 2016 05:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
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