About the Author

The Author: Robert J. Young is Professor of History at the University of Winnipeg, Canada. Educated at the University of Saskatchewan and the University of London, he has authored and edited several books, including the prize-winning biography Power and Pleasure: Louis Barthou and the Third French Republic, and his recent Marketing Marianne: French Propaganda in America, 1900-1940. In 1996 Dr. Young was named Canadian Professor of the Year by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.