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Author : W. W. Kulski
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Julian Jackson
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 866 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781846143526
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 It draws on a vast range of published and unpublished memoirs and documents - including the recently opened de Gaulle archives - to show how de Gaulle achieved so much during the War when his resources were so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.
Author : Charles de Gaulle
Publisher : Carroll & Graf Pub
Page : 1048 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0786705469
Originally published in three separate volumes covering three distinct periods, this single edition encompasses all the personal writings by one of this century's most prominent generals and statesmen from the fall of France in 1940 to the aftermath of World War II in 1946. The first section, "The Call to Honor," recounts the confusion and despair triggered by Hitler's blitzkrieg invasion of France. The second section, "Unity," describes de Gaulle's struggles to rally the Free French in Africa and in underground movements throughout Europe, his bitter conflict with the Vichy puppet regime ruling occupied France, and his cooperation with the Allied powers. "Salvation," the final installment, chronicles the turning of the tide of war against Nazi Germany, de Gaulle's triumphant return to France, and the reincarnation of the French Republic as a major international presence. - Back cover.
Author : Garret Joseph Martin
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782380160
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.
Author : Charles de Gaulle
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0671211188
Author : Andrew Knapp
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000214956
In this new biography, Andrew Knapp concisely dissects each of the major controversies surrounding General Charles de Gaulle, leader of the Free French during the Second World War and President of France from 1959 to 1969. From the beginning of de Gaulle’s military career in 1909 to an analysis of legacies and myths after his death in 1970, this study examines the path by which the French came to honour him as the greatest Frenchman of all time, and as the twentieth century’s pre-eminent world statesman. In each chapter, Knapp analyses de Gaulle’s participation in key events such as the development of France’s resistance against Nazi Germany, the decolonisation of Algeria, the birth of the French Fifth Republic, and the gigantic upheaval of May 1968. Simultaneously, this study questions de Gaulle’s actions and motives throughout his life. By exploring the justification of the contemporary ‘de Gaulle myth’, Knapp concludes by shedding new light on the influence of de Gaulle in the political culture of twenty-first-century France. Through careful analysis of primary sources as well as recent scholarship, this biography is an invaluable source for scholars and students of modern history, the history of France, political institutions, and international relations.
Author : Wladyslaw W. Kulski
Publisher : Syracuse, N.Y. Syracuse University Press 1966
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : History
ISBN : 0815600526
Author : Michael E. Haskew
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780230340565
Michael Haskew takes us on a tremendous journey through de Gaulle's pivotal years, his leadership of the resistance, and beyond to understand the man who remade both modern military tactics and global leadership. Charles de Gaulle once stated, "France has no friends, only interests," and it was this strength of mind and love of country that took the region from an occupied territory during World War II to a leader in the Allied cause. Convinced that his personal destiny and that of his beloved country were intertwined, de Gaulle's life's work was dedicated to advancing its preeminence among nations. Even while the country lay prostrate before the Nazis, he maintained the honor of the French people, choosing to resist rather than to collaborate. His presidency was no less visionary; under de Gaulle, France became a nuclear power, granted autonomy to more than a dozen of its former colonial holdings, and maintained an influential presence on the world stage.
Author : Charles De Gaulle
Publisher : Franklin Classics
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0342651935
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Author : Jonathan Fenby
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 721 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781620878057
This biography of the former president of France describes his life and career fighting for the country that he loved, in the trenches of World War I, against the Nazi threat in World War II and during a decolonization war in Algeria. Original. 10,000 first printing.
Author : Taylor Brooks
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2024-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9798878168519
Charles de Gaulle was not only the founder and the leader of the Fifth Republic, but also one of the most influential and visionary statesmen of the 20th century. His foreign policy was based on his principles and objectives of national sovereignty, international independence, and global balance. He challenged and criticized the superpowers, especially the United States, and he sought to establish a dialogue and a cooperation with various countries and regions, such as Germany, Europe, China, the Middle East, and Africa. He also supported and encouraged the movements of national liberation and non-alignment, which challenged the bipolar order of the Cold War. This book reveals the complex and fascinating personality of de Gaulle, his ideas and values, his achievements and failures, his vision and his legacy. It explores de Gaulle's diplomatic career, his wartime leadership, his political struggles, his foreign policy, his ideology, his charisma, and his memory, offering a balanced and nuanced assessment of his life and his place in history. De Gaulle and the World: A Diplomatic Life is the definitive biography of the man who shaped modern France and who still inspires and divides the French people today. It is a must-read for anyone interested in French history, politics, and culture. Order your copy today and discover the story of the man who had 'a certain idea of France'.
Author : Ray Argyle
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781459722880
At a crucial moment in the Second World War, an obscure French general reaches a fateful personal decision: to fight on alone after his government’s flight from Paris and its capitulation to Nazi Germany. Amid the ravages of a world war, three men — a general, a president, and a prime minister — are locked in a rivalry that threatens their partnership and puts the world’s most celebrated city at risk of destruction before it can be liberated. This is the setting of The Paris Game, a dramatic recounting of how an obscure French general under sentence of death by his government launches on the most enormous gamble of his life: to fight on alone after his country’s capitulation to Nazi Germany. In a game of intrigue and double-dealing, Charles de Gaulle must struggle to retain the loyalty of Winston Churchill against the unforgiving opposition of Franklin Roosevelt and the traitorous manoeuvring of a collaborationist Vichy France. How he succeeds in restoring the honour of France and securing its place as a world power is the stuff of raw history, both stirring and engrossing.
Author : Don Cook
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781504083652
From one of America’s longest-serving foreign correspondents, a biography of France’s controversial politician and statesman. The first major biography of Charles de Gaulle written from an American perspective, this book offers a compelling assessment of the French army officer, politician, and statesman. Author Don Cook, former bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, delineates de Gaulle’s obsession with power and how the military man rose to leadership in the years following the fall of France during the Second World War. Recounting de Gaulle’s triumphant quest to find dignity and independence for France, Cook masterfully brings to life one of Europe’s most influential leaders of the twentieth century.
Author : Christian Nuenlist,Anna Locher,Garret Martin
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780739142509
French President Charles de Gaulle (1958-1969) has consistently fascinated contemporaries and historians. His vision_conceived out of national interest_of uniting Europe under French leadership and overcoming the Cold War still remains relevant and appealing. De Gaulle's towering personality and his challenge to US hegemony in the Cold War have inspired a vast number of political biographies and analyses of the foreign policies of the Fifth Republic mostly from French or US angle. In contrast, this book serves to rediscover de Gaulle's global policies how they changed the Cold War. Offering truly global perspectives on France's approach to the world during de Gaulle's presidency, the 13 well-matched essays by leading experts in the field tap into newly available sources drawn from US, European, Asian, African and Latin American archives. Together, the contributions integrate previously neglected regions, actors and topics with more familiar and newly approached phenomena into a global picture of the General's international policy-making. The volume at hand is an example of how cutting-edge research benefits from multipolar and multi-archival approaches and from attention to big, middle and smaller powers as well as institutions.
Author : Julian Jackson
Publisher : Haus Pub.
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1913368785
A deep look into Charles de Gaulle's personality and upbringing and how these factors influenced the creation of the Fifth Republic in France. Charles de Gaulle, savior of France's honor in 1940 and founder of the Fifth Republic, was a man and leader of deep contradictions. A conservative and a Catholic from a monarchist family, he restored democracy on his return to France in 1944, bringing the Communists into his government. An imperialist, he oversaw the final stages of France's withdrawal from its last colonies in the 1960s. As a soldier, he spent much of his career in opposition to France's military establishment. Yet, as Julian Jackson shows in De Gaulle, it was precisely because of these contradictions that he was able to reconcile so many of the conflicting strands in French politics. In 1958, in response to a coup by the French military in Algeria, De Gaulle introduced a new political system, the Fifth Republic, ushering in a period of stability that has been held to the present day.
