Charles de Gaulle
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Charles de Gaulle
（Routledge historical biographies / series editor, Robert Pearce）
Routledge, 2021
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Summary: "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. In each chapter, Knapp analyses de Gaulle's participation in key events such as the development of France's resistance against Nazi Germany and the gigantic upheaval of May 1968. 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"-- Provided by publisher
Contents of Works
- De Gaulle before Gaullism, 1890-1940
- Allies and rivals: De Gaulle, the Free French and their partners
- Free France: foundations, 1940-1942
- Towards a provisional government, 1942-1944
- Liberation and recognition, June-October 1944
- The Liberation Government, October 1944-January 1946
- A study in failure, 1946-1958
- The return, 1958
- Setting an example? De Gaulle, decolonisation and the Third World
- De Gaulle's constitution and the politics of presidential primacy
- Superpowers and bombs
- De Gaulle's Europe
- May 1968: economy, society, and the limits of presidential power
- Departure, death, afterlives, 1968-2020
