introducing philosophy in the high school curriculum, perhaps a reflect of his masonic affiliation. He also banned the teaching of local dialects or languages in school – for instance, declaring in 1927 that "for the linguistic unity of France, the Breton language must disappear". During a new stint as Minister of Education in the government of Édouard Herriot in 1932, the name of the department was changed to Éducation nationale, a name it has kept hitherto. His policy generally promoted a free and neutral education system. Minister of Travaux publics in 1938, he was confronted to a great dockers strike, which enhanced the Left distrust for his person. Between 1938 and 1940, he led several diplomatic missions. During that time of international tensions, Anatole's position was a matter of controversy. A stalwart pacifist, he was indeed actively promoting a Latin alliance between France and Italy who would mediate between Hitler and the Allies. He voted to assent governmental powers to Maréchal Pétain in 1940. Being a friend of Otto Abetz, Darquier de Pellepoix and Fernand de Brinon, he was nonetheless an object of hatred for many among the Vichy regime. He was forced to resign from his mayorship in 1942. Indicted by the Comité national des écrivains (National Writers' Committee) in 1945, he died in Paris two years later. Anatole de Monzie was a scholar and something of a writer. His intellectual legacy numbers the publication of the Encyclopédie française from 1935 on. He was also connected to various French writers and intellectuals of the time, including Colette, Roland Dorgelès, Lucien Febvre and Pierre Benoit, whom he introduced to the Lot, especially the little town of Saint-Céré, where the writer wrote several of his works. Despite his achievements, however, his legacy will be forever tainted by his genocidal opposition to Breton culture. Works of Anatole de Monzie Les Réformes scolaires, Paris, Stock, 1905 Aux confins de la politique, Paris, Grasset, 1913 Si resucitara !, Paris, Alcan, 1915 (sur les relations Franco-espagnoles) Rome sans Canossa, ou la diplomatie de la présence, Paris, Albin Michel, 1918 L'entrée au forum : vingt ans avant, Paris, Albin Michel, 1920 La Mort de Julie, Paris, Auguste Blaizot, 1922 Du Kremlin au Luxembourg, Paris, Delpuech, 1924 Les Contes de Saint-Céré, Paris, Gallimard, 1929 Grandeur et servitude judiciaires, Paris, Kra, 1931 Petit manuel de la Russie nouvelle, Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1931 Livre d'oraisons, Paris, Excelsior, 1934 Les Veuves