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  Island of Refuge

  Eric T. Jennings, Escape from Vichy: The Refugee Exodus to the French Caribbean, Harvard University Press

  by Daniel Lee, 23 May

  During the first years of World War II, an escape route allowed political refugees to travel from France to Martinique. On the island, the interactions between exiles and the local population resulted in a rich intellectual cross-fertilization. E.T. Jennings’ book is the first account of this exodus.

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