Two Men who Saved France

During both World Wars, the author served as the principal liaison officer between the British and French armies. It was from this extraordinary vantage point that General Spears witnessed the making of history. During World War I, the French armies mutinied, imperiling the Allied cause. It was Petain who saved France then by putting down the mutinies. Here, we have not only this story told by the sole British eyewitness but also Petain's own memoirs of these events. In 1940, General Spears, again in a liaison role, brought de Gaulle from France to England to establish the Free French forces. As Head of the Spears Mission, he was responsible for all matters concerning de Gaulle's relationship with the British. In this fascinating first-hand study of the younger de Gaulle (France then unquestionably owed her salvation to his arrogant methods of operation). we see the de Gaulle of today in the making. --- excerpt from book's dustjacket