The town of Dreuxâ?"60 miles from Parisâ?"made history in 1983 when Le Penâ?Ts National Front earned startling electoral gains in the region, establishing it as the forerunner of neofascist advances across the nation. A trained historian and the cityâ?Ts socialist mayor from 1977 to 1983, Gaspard offers us a picture of a particular town in a broad context.