De Gaulle by Jean Lacouture
The second volume of Jean Lacouture's acclaimed biography of Charles de Gaulle opens with the creation of the Fourth Republic in the aftermath of World War I and with the election of de Gaulle--the voice of Free France, the savior of the nation in war--as president of France. But the internal contradictions of the new constitution soon forced de Gaulle to resign, leaving France to a succession of short-lived and generally ineffective coalition governments. In 1958, with the outbreak of the bitter colonial war in Algeria, destiny beckoned again. De Gaulle offered himself as a mediator and in short order became president of the Council of Ministers, then president of the Firth Republic.
Lacouture, Jean: - Jean Lacouture is a French journalist and historian.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393030846 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393030849 |
| Title | De Gaulle |
| Author | Jean Lacouture |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 1992-03-17 |
| Number of pages | 640 |
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