FranCois-Georges Dreyfus is professor emeritus of contemporary history at the Sorbonne (Paris-IV), and has also taught history and political science at the IEP de Paris and the Institut fUr EuropaIsche Geschichte A Mayence. He is the author of several books, including "De Gaulle et le Gaullisme, Histoire de la DEmocratie-chrEtienne en France, Histoire de la Resistance", and "Histoire de Vichy".