De Gaulle and the United States : a centennial reappraisal
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De Gaulle and the United States : a centennial reappraisal
Berg, 1994
- : cloth
- : paper
Available at 14 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: cloth ISBN 9780854969982
Description
- The first scholarly study of the entire sweep of the stormy De Gaulle-US relationship from the 1930s to 1969.- Features eyewitness accounts of Henry Kissinger and the former French Prime Minister, Pierre Messmer. This absorbing book analyses the turbulent De Gaulle-U.S. relationship from 1940, when Germany unexpectedly and swiftly defeated the French army, to 1969, when President De Gaulle withdrew from public life. Drawing on hitherto inaccessible archives, it features vivid recollections of both French and American eyewitnesses, including Henry Kissinger, the former French Prime Minister, Pierre Messmer, and many of De Gaulle's close associates. It also explores the roller-coaster of American popular feelings about De Gaulle, and addresses larger issues of American vs. European approaches to foreign policy and American scholars' current assessments of De Gaulle's long-term impact on France and the world.
Table of Contents
Part I: The Americans and De Gaulle, 1940-58 > From Free France to the Liberation, 1940-44 > From the Cold War to the Fifth Republic, 1944-58 Part II: The United States and De Gaulle's Policy of Grandeur > De Gaulle Constrained by the Algerian War, 1958-62 > De Gaulle at Apogee, 1963-68 Part III: Opinions, Perceptions, and Misperceptions > Some Eyewitness Views > H. Kissinger, Dealing with De Gaulle > O. Guichard, The State, De Gaulle, and the United States > P. Messmer, De Gaulle's Defense Policy and the United States from 1959 to 1969 > Public Opinion and Mutual Misperceptions
- Volume
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: paper ISBN 9781859730669
Description
- The first scholarly study of the entire sweep of the stormy De Gaulle-US relationship from the 1930s to 1969.- Features eyewitness accounts of Henry Kissinger and the former French Prime Minister, Pierre Messmer. This absorbing book analyses the turbulent De Gaulle-U.S. relationship from 1940, when Germany unexpectedly and swiftly defeated the French army, to 1969, when President De Gaulle withdrew from public life. Drawing on hitherto inaccessible archives, it features vivid recollections of both French and American eyewitnesses, including Henry Kissinger, the former French Prime Minister, Pierre Messmer, and many of De Gaulle's close associates. It also explores the roller-coaster of American popular feelings about De Gaulle, and addresses larger issues of American vs. European approaches to foreign policy and American scholars' current assessments of De Gaulle's long-term impact on France and the world.
Table of Contents
Part I: The Americans and De Gaulle, 1940-58 > From Free France to the Liberation, 1940-44 > From the Cold War to the Fifth Republic, 1944-58 Part II: The United States and De Gaulle's Policy of Grandeur > De Gaulle Constrained by the Algerian War, 1958-62 > De Gaulle at Apogee, 1963-68 Part III: Opinions, Perceptions, and Misperceptions > Some Eyewitness Views > H. Kissinger, Dealing with De Gaulle > O. Guichard, The State, De Gaulle, and the United States > P. Messmer, De Gaulle's Defense Policy and the United States from 1959 to 1969 > Public Opinion and Mutual Misperceptions
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