112 Gripes About The French
by U. S. Occupation Forces · first published 2004
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I’d advise reading the book “112 Gripes about the French” and then applying that same empathy to the people you dislike in our modern era.
on “112 Gripes About the French” ↗This looks like a follow-up post to the following, which was a different military guidebook from the same period and is still on HN's front page: 112 Gripes About the French - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27852034 - July 2021 (238 comments) I wonder if Leo Rosten also wrote it (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27865731). One thing's for sure, they had good writers…
on “A Short Guide to Iraq (1943)” ↗American soldiers griping about the French wouldn't have wanted to read Our Friends the French. And French people tired of American soldiers griping wouldn't have wanted to read 112 Gripes About the French.
on “112 Gripes About the French” ↗