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An edition of De Gaulle (1973)

De Gaulle.

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"The first complete biography" - jacket.

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Publisher
Scribner
Language
English
Pages
726

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Cover of: De Gaulle.
De Gaulle.
1973, Eyre Methuen
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Cover of: De Gaulle.
De Gaulle.
1973, Scribner
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Table of Contents

Part 1 : The enigma of De Gaulle.
The man
Historical prologue
Part 2 : Historian and thinker 1890-1939.
Pupil of the Jesuits (1890-1909)
The young officer (1909-1918)
The historian (1919-1924)
Petain's protege (1924-1932)
A prophet ignored (1932-1939)
Part 3 : Free France 1939-1945.
The defeat (1939-1940)
The challenge
The Free French
Divided they fall
De Gaulle versus his allies
Roosevelt in the ascendant
Torch and after
Casablanca
Algiers
The resistance
Roots of the Fourth Republic
The agony of France
Part 4 : The liberation and after 1944-1946.
Jostling for position
De Gaulle's Parisian triumph
Trial of strength
Foreign disappointments
International discords
Vichy on trial
The patient stirs
De Gaulle steps down
Part 5 : The Fourth Republic 1946-1958.
Birth and challenge
Triumph and collapse
In the wilderness
De Gaulle returns
Part 6 : The Fifth Republic.
De Gaulle breaks the opposition (1958-1962)
The Atlantic Directorate Affair
Europe and the world
The pressure mounts
The roots of discontent
Storm and aftermath
Exit and death
Part 7 : De Gaulle in history.
Man and showman
Soldier and writer
Politician and statesman

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Published in
New York
Copyright Date
1973

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
944.083/092/4, B
Library of Congress
DC373.G3 C762, DC373.G3C762

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
ix, 726 p.
Number of pages
726
Dimensions
25 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL5282853M
Internet Archive
degaulle00croz
ISBN 10
0684129965
ISBN 13
9780684129969
LCCN
72001190
OCLC/WorldCat
767641, 819586
Library Thing
1369169
Goodreads
3727391

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