Pierre Laval

History is often written by the victor, but Pierre Laval: Traitor or Patriot? is written by one of the defeated. The author, Rene de Chambrun, wrote about his father-in-law, Pierre Laval, who was a high-ranking official in the Vichy government. Chambrun worked for the Vichy government and was also a Parisian lawyer. He has written several other books about Vichy France. Throughout Chambrun's life, he has been defending the memory of his father-in-law and continues to defend him in Pierre Laval: Traitor or Patriot? The thesis of this book is that Laval was a hero and not a villain as commonly…