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De Gaulle and Twentieth-Century France H. Gough

De Gaulle and Twentieth-Century France By H. Gough

De Gaulle and Twentieth-Century France by H. Gough


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De Gaulle was instrumental in shaping the political agenda of his world, with a degree of success that other Western leaders, in their different spheres, often found elusive. This book sets de Gaulle's achievements in the context of their times.

De Gaulle and Twentieth-Century France Summary

De Gaulle and Twentieth-Century France by H. Gough

De Gaulle was instrumental in shaping the political agenda of his world, with a degree of success that other Western leaders, in their different spheres, often found elusive. His personal achievements have to be seen alongside the more impersonal forces at work in the political and social culture, but de Gaulle was undeniably a - if not the - moving spirit in the creation of La France Libre, the post-war recognition of France as a great power and one of the occupying forces in Germany, the establishment of the Fifth Republic after returning to power in 1958, the ending of the war in Algeria and the successful programme of decolonization, the creation of institutions that have given France political stability and permitted modernization to proceed successfully, the development of a distincitive voice for France both within the European Community and in the wider world. This book sets these and other matters in the context of their times and each contributor to the book focuses on the kinds of questions and issues that provide a fuller understanding of France's - and one of the world's most influential figures this century.

Table of Contents

De Gaulle and the French Resistance 1940-44, Francois Bedarida; crossing the desert - de Gaulle 1946-58, Jean-Pierre Rioux; two destinies - Petain and de Gaulle, Rene Remond; de Gaulle and the Algerian War, Michel Winock; De Gaulle and France's role in the modern world, Douglas Johnson; De Gaulle and Gaullism in the Fifth Republic, Serge Bernstein; De Gaulle as writer, Robert Pickering; De Gaulle and May 1968, Julian Jackson; De Gaulle as politician and Christian, Jean-Marie Mayeur.

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GOR009740594
9780340588260
0340588268
De Gaulle and Twentieth-Century France by H. Gough
Used - Well Read
Paperback
Hodder Arnold
19940317
192
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