Patrick Cabanel
French historian
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The modern nation was born on the left, during the French Revolution: 'Long live the nation!' cried the revolutionary troops at Valmy on September 20, 1792."
- Historian Patrick Cabanel, author of the chapter "The Left and the Idea of the Nation" in the collective work Histoire des gauches en France ("History of the Left in France"), saidLe Mondelemonde.fr/en/opinion…
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