10 DECEMBER 1954, page 27

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The Debacle By D. W. BROGAN RESENT, it has seemed to me. in nearly all French discussions of contemporary problems since 1945, and in the discussion of many past problems, is......

Pardoning Paul Claudel . •

- e Poetic. Drama of Paul Claude]. ‘Ily Joseph Chiari. (Harvill. 15s.) a (,tockliff. 12s. 6d.) • (),!' modern poetic dramatists Paul Claude l stands out as incompar- • Lonely......