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France At War (1940) by W. Somerset Maugham -- First Edition
France At War (London: Heinemann, 1940)France At War is one of the books of propaganda that W. Somerset Maugham wrote during WWII, as a show of patriotism towards his country using the skills he had to make whatever contributions he could.
Besides talking about what this book is about and the first edition, I will also discuss some of the background, without which the reader would have lost a lot of savour of the book.
France At War
The book consists of articles that were originally publishe…