{"id":694,"date":"2016-03-03T06:30:38","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T05:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicolasbaverez.com\/en\/?p=694"},"modified":"2017-02-22T13:56:56","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T12:56:56","slug":"france-tombe-the-fall-of-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicolasbaverez.com\/en\/2016\/03\/03\/france-tombe-the-fall-of-france\/","title":{"rendered":"La France qui tombe (The Fall Of France)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-237 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nicolasbaverez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/La-France-qui-tombe-176x300.jpg\" alt=\"La France qui tombe\" width=\"176\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicolasbaverez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/La-France-qui-tombe-176x300.jpg 176w, https:\/\/www.nicolasbaverez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/La-France-qui-tombe.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In 2003, this essay created a sensation. Basing himself on extremely precise analyses, Nicolas Bavarez paints a merciless picture of France&#8217;s decline. As a historian, he gives a clinical demonstration of its downgrading. As an essayist, he refuses to play on people&#8217;s fears and suggests ways in which to end the impasse. As a citizen, he appeals for a sharp national reaction that will enable our country to bounce back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>(Perrin, 2003)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-perrin"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>La France qui tombe (The Fall Of France) - Nicolas Baverez<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nicolasbaverez.com\/en\/2016\/03\/03\/france-tombe-the-fall-of-france\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"La France qui tombe (The Fall Of France) - 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