The De Gaulle Nobody Knows
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The De Gaulle Nobody Knows
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Author : Alden Hatch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1960
The De Gaulle Nobody Knows written by Alden Hatch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960 with Generals categories.
A biography with many hitherto unknown details of his early life which shows his rise to fame in World War 2, his years of obscurity, and his comeback sparked by the Algerian crisis.
The General
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Author : Jonathan Fenby
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-06-24
The General written by Jonathan Fenby and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-24 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
No leader of modern times was more unique and more uniquely national than Charles de Gaulle. As founder and first President of the Fifth Republic, General de Gaulle saw himself 'carrying France on my shoulders'. When he first emerged on to the world stage in 1940, his insistence that he spoke for his nation might well have appeared impossibly arrogant for a recently promoted junior general who had never been elected to anything. But he personified many of the traits of his country which fascinate the rest of the world - its pride in itself, its intransigence, its historical and cultural heritage and its quasi-religious belief in the state. Le Genéral, as he became known from 1940 on, appeared as if carved from a single monumental block, but was, in fact, extremely complex, a man with deep personal feelings and recurrent mood swings, devoted to his family and often seeking reassurance from those around him. Though insisting on discipline and loyalty from others, he was a great rebel. A grand visionary with a vast geo-political grasp and elephantine memory, he was also a supreme tactician with a taste for secrecy and the ability to out-flank opponents. This is a magisterial, sweeping biography of one of the great leaders of the twentieth century and of the country with which he so identified himself. Written with terrific verve and narrative skill, and yet rigorous and detailed, it brings alive as never before the private man as well as the public leader through exhaustive research and astute analysis.
A Certain Idea Of France
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Author : Julian Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2018-06-18
A Certain Idea Of France written by Julian Jackson and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-18 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, SPECTATOR, FINANCIAL TIMES, TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Masterly ... awesome reading ... an outstanding biography' Max Hastings, Sunday Times The definitive biography of the greatest French statesman of modern times In six weeks in the early summer of 1940, France was over-run by German troops and quickly surrendered. The French government of Marshal Pétain sued for peace and signed an armistice. One little-known junior French general, refusing to accept defeat, made his way to England. On 18 June he spoke to his compatriots over the BBC, urging them to rally to him in London. 'Whatever happens, the flame of French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished.' At that moment, Charles de Gaulle entered into history. For the rest of the war, de Gaulle frequently bit the hand that fed him. He insisted on being treated as the true embodiment of France, and quarrelled violently with Churchill and Roosevelt. He was prickly, stubborn, aloof and self-contained. But through sheer force of personality and bloody-mindedness he managed to have France recognised as one of the victorious Allies, occupying its own zone in defeated Germany. For ten years after 1958 he was President of France's Fifth Republic, which he created and which endures to this day. His pursuit of 'a certain idea of France' challenged American hegemony, took France out of NATO and twice vetoed British entry into the European Community. His controversial decolonization of Algeria brought France to the brink of civil war and provoked several assassination attempts. Julian Jackson's magnificent biography reveals this the life of this titanic figure as never before. It draws on a vast range of published and unpublished memoirs and documents - including the recently opened de Gaulle archives - to show how de Gaulle achieved so much during the War when his resources were so astonishingly few, and how, as President, he put a medium-rank power at the centre of world affairs. No previous biography has depicted his paradoxes so vividly. Much of French politics since his death has been about his legacy, and he remains by far the greatest French leader since Napoleon.
Political Resurrection In The Twentieth Century
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Author : L. Derfler
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2012-12-23
Political Resurrection In The Twentieth Century written by L. Derfler and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-23 with Political Science categories.
Charles de Gaulle of France, Juan Perón of Argentina, and Pierre Elliott Trudeau of Canada all achieved the pinnacle of political power, fell from or relinquished power, and then, after a period in the political wilderness, regained their power. By placing greater emphasis than that customarily accorded by biographers on the interment that followed their fall and preceded their resurrection, Derfler describes what they did, the lessons they learned, and the mistakes made by their successors that facilitated their reentry.
De Gaulle
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Author : Daniel Mahoney
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1996-05-14
De Gaulle written by Daniel Mahoney and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-05-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Mahoney provides a comprehensive study of the thought and action of Charles de Gaulle. This volume is neither a biography nor a historical narrative, although it addresses important aspects of de Gaulle's life and political career. Mahoney asserts that de Gaulle is systematically misunderstood, especially in the Anglo-American world. He is sometimes dismissed as a narrow or quixotic nationalist, pigeon-holed as an irrational anti-American, and often labelled with various anti-democratic appellations such as Bonapartist or Nietzschean. In responding to this wide-spread misunderstanding, Mahoney analyzes de Gaulle's approach to the problem of modern democracy, and he shows that de Gaulle neither despaired of liberal democracy nor succumbed to the illusions that anything is better than democratic mediocrity. De Gaulle believed that human beings were political animals who naturally desired to live in communities dedicated to shared, noble purposes. He also knew that modern men are individuals who resist or ignore these purposes. The statesman-writer de Gaulle believed it was the task of statesmanship to kindle these political purposes by reaching for the summits—for the dazzling light of national unity and ambition that he called grandeur. Mahoney shows that de Gaulle did not despair of liberal democracy; he did not succumb to the illusions of the impatient or tyrannical that anything is better than democratic mediocrity. This is an important corrective to scholars and students of modern political thought and European history, as well as an invaluable guide to democratic statesmanship in our time.
Target De Gaulle
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Author : Christian Plume
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Target De Gaulle written by Christian Plume and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Man Who Is France
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Author : Stanley Frederick Clark
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
The Man Who Is France written by Stanley Frederick Clark and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with France categories.
"French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969."--Wikipedia.
The Man Who Is France
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Author : Stanley Clark
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1960
The Man Who Is France written by Stanley Clark and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960 with De Gaulle, Charles, Pres. France categories.
Prefaced by a chapter on his return to power, this biography takes the president of the Fifth Republic of France from his birth to 1960, emphasizing the debt France owes to his leadership.
Charles De Gaulle And The Media
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Author : Riccardo Brizzi
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-11-22
Charles De Gaulle And The Media written by Riccardo Brizzi and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-22 with Political Science categories.
This book explores Charles De Gaulle's use and strict control of television between 1958 and 1969, highlighting the association between charismatic power and television with regards to legitimizing the Gaullist leadership and determining an evolution towards presidentialism during the Fifth Republic. A protagonist of European political history of the twentieth century, Charles de Gaulle was a pioneer in the use of mass media: in the Second World War he had earned the nickname of Général-micro due to his reliance on radio communication; in 1958 he then started an substantive and fruitful use of television, which some of his opponents labelled as ‘telecracy’. From difficult beginnings, where he followed the advice of publicity and communication experts, through his masterful TV appearances during the dramatic moments of the Algerian War, to the presidential campaign of 1965 and the crisis of May 1968, the author paints a compelling fresco of de Gaulle as the first TV leader in contemporary European history. The book will appeal to students and scholars interested in the fields of French politics, political communication and political leadership.
France And Her Army
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Author : Charles De Gaulle
language : en
Publisher: Franklin Classics
Release Date : 2018-10-12
France And Her Army written by Charles De Gaulle and has been published by Franklin Classics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-12 with categories.
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