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The article discusses public concern surrounding the service of West Germans in the French Foreign Legion in the 1950s. It comments on what the author terms a "moral panic" in West Germany over the recruitment of young German men, reflecting on concerns about abductions and discourses of slavery and homosexuality. The author considers the reactivation of Paragraph 141 of the German criminal code criminalizing the practice of foreign military recruitment, and he also addresses German views of French colonialism in this period.

Analyzes the significance of the confrontation between French King Philip the Fair and Boniface VIII on medieval papacy, the rise of national monarchies and political shaping of public opinion in late-medieval France. Philip's campaign to gain the support of the clergy, nobility and townspeople throughout the realm; Support for Philip's claims against Bonafice.

Focuses on France's diplomatic claim to the Mosul region of Iraq due to crude oil and its conflict with England. French knowledge of Mosul's oil potential before 1914; Importance of the oil factor for the French; France's initial approach to partition; Great Britain's interest in Mosul's oil; England's acceptance of France's claim to Mosul.

Discusses flagrant violations in diplomatic practice committed by the revolutionaries representing France during the first years of the republic. Motives behind destruction of existing order; Activities of envoys aimed at propagating ideology; Effect on relations between France and other European nations; Prescribed diplomatic attitudes and behavior under new order.