Paul Morand, sad Vichy diarist. Pacifist, admirer of authoritarian regimes.
Disdained de Gaulle when he was on mission in London in 1940. He preferred Laval to Paris. His War Diary, of which here is the first installment, is likely to arouse incomprehension, even indignation, among contemporaries. He quickly fell from a height, put off by administrative tasks and the obligation to fit into a hierarchy. His career experienced eclipses and it was ultimately thanks to Georges Bonnet, Minister of Foreign Affairs.