The Other De Gaulle
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The Other De Gaulle
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Author : Claude Mauriac
language : en
Publisher: New York : John Day Company
Release Date : 1973
The Other De Gaulle written by Claude Mauriac and has been published by New York : John Day Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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.
The Complete War Memoirs Of Charles De Gaulle
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Author : Charles de Gaulle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
The Complete War Memoirs Of Charles De Gaulle written by Charles de Gaulle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with France categories.
France And Her Army
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Author : Charles de Gaulle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1945
France And Her Army written by Charles de Gaulle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1945 with France categories.
Fransk militærhistorie. General de Gaulle's bog fra 1938 om Frankrig og den Franske Hær's historie og udvikling til og med 1. Verdenskrig. Bogen har følgende hovedafsnit: Origins ; Ancien Régime; The Revolution; Napoleon; From disaster to disaster ; Between two wars ; The Great War.
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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.
De Gaulle And European Unity
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Author : Hardev Singh Chopra
language : en
Publisher: Abhinav Publications
Release Date : 1974
De Gaulle And European Unity written by Hardev Singh Chopra and has been published by Abhinav Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Europe categories.
General De Gaulle S Cold War
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Author : Garret Joseph Martin
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2013-09-01
General De Gaulle S Cold War written by Garret Joseph Martin and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-01 with History categories.
The greatest threat to the Western alliance in the 1960s did not come from an enemy, but from an ally. France, led by its mercurial leader General Charles de Gaulle, launched a global and comprehensive challenge to the United State’s leadership of the Free World, tackling not only the political but also the military, economic, and monetary spheres. Successive American administrations fretted about de Gaulle, whom they viewed as an irresponsible nationalist at best and a threat to their presence in Europe at worst. Based on extensive international research, this book is an original analysis of France’s ambitious grand strategy during the 1960s and why it eventually failed. De Gaulle’s failed attempt to overcome the Cold War order reveals important insights about why the bipolar international system was able to survive for so long, and why the General’s legacy remains significant to current French foreign policy.
Churchill And De Gaulle
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Author : Will Morrisey
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2015
Churchill And De Gaulle written by Will Morrisey and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with France categories.
This book compares Churchill and de Gaulle as they thought, spoke, and acted through two world wars and the subsequent Cold War. Although the world is very different now, this nuanced history shows how thinking along with these giants of the twentieth century as they responded to the crises of their time will make us more thoughtful citizens today.
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.