Philippe Barrès



Philippe Barrès (8 July 1896, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine – 14 April 1975) was a French journalist and the son of Maurice Barrès.

He fought in World War I. He was a member of the editorial staff of the right-wing newspaper Le Nouveau siècle founded on 26 February 1925, along with Georges Valois, Jacques Arthuys and Hubert Bourgin. He was a member of the short-lived Fascist party the Faisceau in the late 1920s. During World War II, he lived in the United States and wrote for French language journals. He represented the Rally of the French People (RPF) in the National Assembly from 1951 to 1955. His son Claude Barrès joined the Free French Forces.

Books

 * La guerre à vingt ans – Plon, 1924
 * Ainsi que l'Albatros Novel – Plon, 1931
 * La Victoire au dernier tournant – Plon, 1931
 * Sous la vague hitlérienne – Plon, 1934
 * They speak for a nation Lettres from Frenchmen published in América – Doubleday Doran, New-York, 1941
 * Charles de Gaulle. – Plon, 1941
 * Sauvons nos prisonniers – Didier, New-York, 1942