We are at peace for 70 years ... and yet, 70 years before, the worst horrors were the daily lot of many! There was this inferno which spread about the world, and those who defended it, those who against all odds, in burning love for the truth and what represents France, put into play every day that they held dear: their own lives. This story, if present in textbooks and in the collective memory, is nevertheless overused, neglected, almost forgotten. It is inspired by stories of Lieutenant Jean-Claude Schreiber, wonderful man, a man to whom he pays tribute, extraordinary man as much by intelligence than by courage, Andrei Makine vibrantly tells, moving and shining truth that glorious patriotism, today we blind. This love of France, he said simply, and this simplicity is poignant, it calls for them the important things, gives value to the essentials. This little book, very simple, short, and very pleasant reading should be devoted to public utility. And in this college reform period, rather than always sink into politically correct climate of today, the one who always blames France, and simultaneously puts on a pedestal cultures and religions who come from Moreover, it is this kind of book that should be put forward, and to study in the schools!
