FOUCHÉ was considered a scoundrel. The same people who kissed his hands, crawled before lui.Ce are the same that have forged the legend, probably to be forgiven their abjection. CHATEAUBRIAND, among others. The great historian of what Mr despite his personal bias, managed the feat to abstracting and discover the dark sides and light of the contrasting character. It highlights the qualities and defects that made FOUCHÉ a statesman out of commun.Cet man was inhabited by a boundless ambition, by devouring a taste for the exercise of power, both served by an implacable determination and exceptional intelligence. FOUCHÉ always served one master: THE REPUBLIC. While reading this book, I often think back on the portrait on the cover. I indulged in an experience that is familiar to me. For me the most faithful portrait of FOUCHÉ, I have hidden, alternatively, the left and right side of face FOUCHÉ.J'ai found that the painter, who is the author of this portrait painted in 1802, was able to appear cold and inhuman determination (RIGHT SIDE) and the exceptional intelligence of people and events LEFT). No doubt, FOUCHÉ should inspire awe if not terror. That is exactly what Mr de WARESQUIEL demonstrates the biography. This man was a bloodthirsty revolutionary, and the "gunner LYON" has certainly inspire the POL POT, Stalin and consort in their treatment experiences. At the present time, where is the question of having to choose between the SAFETY of the nation and the preservation of FREEDOMS our politicians would do well to read this book. We learn that exceptional situation, the answer was to hire exceptional solutions even ....... exceptional. Rabble, the FOUCHÉ was certainly Talleyrand and Bonaparte n 'were not left behind. But this adjective is not about politics, especially at this level of responsibility. The age demanded exceptional men, they all were. Surviving more than the others. When one closes the book meditating on the springs that are necessary to conduct the affairs of the state and it resolves to admit that POLITICAL MORALITY and do not go together.
