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Download or read book Rearming the French written by Marcel Vigneras and published by . This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In rearming the French the War Department and the U. S. Army became agents of an Allied policy which not only enabled the United States to further a friendship for France that dated from the Revolution, but in addition served the military interests of both nations. It equipped Frenchmen with the means to fight and by so doing increased at minimum cost the forces available to the United Nations. The Army can take pride in the success with which it administered a policy involving both political and military matters. The policy of mutual aid has since been extended throughout the world with the Army again designated as the agency principally responsible for its administration. The present thorough and objective study of an early large-scale American experiment with mutual aid should therefore be highly instructive to all concerned.