Vile France - Fear, Duplicity, Cowardice and Cheese

the long version

In this bitingly funny and insightful polemic, Denis Boyles, who has lived and worked in France for several years, examines the internal crises—a falling birthrate, an expanding Muslim minority, economic stagnation, a lessening of international prestige—that have altered 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.