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Harold J. Laski: France would be not the less France if the gold policy of her bank were set by an international authority, if she gave…

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France would be not the less France if the gold policy of her bank were set by an international authority, if she gave up her zeal for a conscript army, if she built her frontiers upon the impalpable solidity of friendship rather than the shifting waters of the Rhine.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski argues that France's identity would remain intact even with changes to its military and economic policies.

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