The way Nicolas Sarkozy writes French History

Nicolas Sarkozy is making an intensive use of historical references and quotes : bombastic performances and filiation speeches designed to draw the outlines of a mythical France and to rebuild some « National Identity »... How can we understand the interference of references at both great figures of the left and great figures of the right ? What are the political stakes and effects of such constructions ? Presented as a dictionary, this book helps to understand the mechanics at work.