The Secret Life of France (31 page)

1. Vaulx-en-Velin,
   1
   ,
   2
   ;
   
   1. riots (1990),
      1
      ,
      2
      
2. Vedrine, Hubert,
   1
   
3. Vel d’Hiv raid (1942),
   1
   
4. Vergès, Jacques,
   1
   ,
   2
   
5. verlan
   (a form of French slang),
   1
   
6. Vernet, Daniel,
   1
   n
   
7. Versailles, Treaty of (1919),
   1
   ,
   2
   
8. Versailles experiment,
   1
   
9. Vichy regime,
   1
   ,
   2
   ,
   3
   ,
   4
   ,
   5
   ,
   6
   ,
   7
   ,
   8
   ,
   9
   ,
   10
   
10. Vie Moderne, La
    (
    Modern Life
    ) (
    documentary
    film),
    1
    
11. ‘Vigipirate Plan’,
    1
    
12. Villemin, Christine,
    1
    ,
    2
    
13. Villemin, Gregory,
    1
    
14. Villepin, Dominique de,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    
15. Voici
    (magazine),
    1
    

1. Wannsee Conference (1942),
   1
   
2. war on terror,
   1
   
3. Warlimont, General Walter,
   1
   
4. wealth, attitude to,
   1
   
5. weddings,
   1
   ,
   2
   
6. Wehrmacht,
   1
   ,
   2
   ,
   3
   
7. Wiesel, Elie,
   1
   
8. Willerval, Jean,
   1
   
9. Wilson, President Woodrow,
   1
   ,
   2
   ;
   
   1. ‘fourteen points’,
      1
      
10. WMD (weapons of mass destruction),
    1
    n
    
11. women: femininity,
    1
    ,
    2
    ;
    
    1. la femme fatale
       ,
       1
       ,
       2
       ;
       
    2. and their gynaecologists,
       1
       ;
       
    3. lack of female friendships,
       1
       ,
       2
       ,
       3
       ;
       
    4. lack of gender segregation,
       1
       ;
       
    5. libido,
       1
       ;
       
    6. as mysterious and fascinating creatures,
       1
       ;
       
    7. and patriarchy,
       1
       ,
       2
       ;
       
    8. privileges,
       1
       ;
       
    9. property,
       1
       ;
       
    10. sexual competition,
        1
        ,
        2
        
12. work, attitude to,
    1
    ,
    2
    
13. World Cup: 1998,
    1
    ,
    2
    ;
    
    1. 2006,
       1
       
14. World Health Organisation,
    1
    
15. World Trade Center attacks, New York (2001),
    1
    
16. Wright, Kenneth,
    1
    

1. Yakuza (Japanese Mafia),
   1
   
2. ‘Yoghurt’,
   1
   ,
   2
   ,
   3
   

1. Zidane, Zinédine,
   1
   ,
   2
   ,
   3
   ,
   4
   ,
   5
   
2. Zitouni, ‘Emir’ Djamel,
   1
   ,
   2
   

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