Henri Pozzi (1879–1946) was a French lawyer, politician, diplomat and author who worked for the French and British

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s in the

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and Eastern Europe. Pozzi was born in Bergerac. His father was French and his mother was English. During

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, he directed Agence des Balkans et d'Orient, a

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-based news bureau.''Les Cahiers de la BDIC'', n°7.
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' In 1919–1921, Pozzi was the mayor of Soisy-sous-Montmorency.

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In 1933, Henri Pozzi wrote ''La Guerre revient...'' (published in English as ''Black Hand Over Europe'') in which he surveys the political situation in

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between the two World Wars, and shows how the Yugoslav state was created for the simple purpose of implementing Serbian domination over the non-Serb nations within Yugoslavia. In the book, especially harsh were the methods implemented against the Bulgarian population in

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. Pozzi also attempted to warn of the potential for large scale conflict in Europe. The book was prohibited in the states of

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. Henri Pozzi also wrote ''Les Coupables'' (1935) and ''La Bataille Contre la Paix'' (1939).

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20th-century mayors of places in France 1946 deaths 1879 births French male writers Mayors of places in Île-de-France {{France-diplomat-stub

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