Talk:Jacques Doriot

In reviewing the the one reference to Doriot in Aftershocks, it's not clear at all whether he's head of state or head of government. Cogent non-textual arguments could be made either way: in OTL the Third and Fourth Republics were parliamentarian with the PoF being a mere figurehead and the PM (or PoC) having all the real power. Since WW France would have the 3rd as their most recent model, they could adopt that.

On the other hand, after years under the Reich, a strong HoS might be desirable, or even fully presidential republic a la the U.S.

So, I'm not sure what to do with regard to categorization as far as Doriot here goes. One possbility is to revert the edits to put back the references to his being a president, and then put in the literary note "We're not sure he's HoS, we just did that to put him SOMEWHERE." TR 17:24, October 20, 2011 (UTC)