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A definitive biography of the mythic general who refused to accept the Nazi domination of France, drawing on unpublished letters, memoirs, and papers in the newly opened de Gaulle archives that show how this volatile man put a broken France back at the center of world affairs. In the early summer of 1940, when France was overrun by German troops, one junior general who had fought in the trenches in Verdun refused to accept defeat. He fled to London, where he took to the radio to address his compatriots back home. "Whatever happens," he said, "the flame of French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished." At that moment, Charles de Gaulle entered history. For the rest of the war, de Gaulle insisted he and his Free French movement were the true embodiment of France. Sometimes aloof but confident in his leadership, he quarreled violently with Churchill and Roosevelt. Through sheer force of personality he inspired French men and women to risk their lives to resist the Nazi occupation. Thanks to de Gaulle, France was recognized as one of the victorious Allies when Germany was finally defeated. Then, as President of the Fifth Republic, de Gaulle brought France to the brink of a civil war over his controversial decision to pull out of Algeria. Julian Jackson's landmark biography, the first major reconsideration in over twenty years, captures this titanic figure as never before.--… (más)
The costs of de Gaulle’s idea of France were high. As the general himself once mused, “There is no action in which the devil has no part.” The two massacres, and the charnel-house stench which clings to them, are evidence of the reliable rule that even—often especially—the greatest and best of men have terrible flaws and can do terrible things; and also of the other rule that power tends to corrupt.
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Il n’y a pas une époque de ma vie où je n’ai pas eu la certitude d’être un jour à la tête de la France. Seulement, les choses se sont passées comme je n’avais pas pu les prévoir. J’avais toujours cru que je serais d’abord ministre de la Guerre et que tout viendrait de là.
De Gaulle, mai 1946, in Claude Mauriac, Un autre de Gaulle. Journal (1944-1954), Paris, Hachette, 1970, p. 199.
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Introduction De Gaulle : une figure omniprésente
Dans la France d’aujourd’hui, de Gaulle est partout : dans les mémoires, sur les plaques des rues et au fronton des monuments, dans les librairies. Selon le dernier décompte, plus de 3 600 municipalités ont donné son nom à une rue, une avenue, une place, un rond-point, un quai, une impasse, le classant devant Pasteur (3 001) et Victor Hugo (2 258). [...]
PREMIÈRE PARTIE De Gaulle avant « de Gaulle », 1890-1940
Chapitre 1 Commencements, 1890-1908
Une voix venue de Londres De Gaulle est une voix avant d’être un visage. Il entre dans l’histoire par une courte allocution prononcée à la BBC à Londres au soir du 18 juin 1940. Six semaines auparavant, l’armée allemande a lancé une offensive sur la France. L’armée française s’est effondrée avec une extraordinaire rapidité et, le 17 juin, le maréchal Philippe Pétain, chef du gouvernement, annonce à la radio française qu’il va demander un armistice à l’Allemagne. [...]
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Jackson has also written a much shorter biography of De Gaulle. This one is over 900 pages.
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A definitive biography of the mythic general who refused to accept the Nazi domination of France, drawing on unpublished letters, memoirs, and papers in the newly opened de Gaulle archives that show how this volatile man put a broken France back at the center of world affairs. In the early summer of 1940, when France was overrun by German troops, one junior general who had fought in the trenches in Verdun refused to accept defeat. He fled to London, where he took to the radio to address his compatriots back home. "Whatever happens," he said, "the flame of French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished." At that moment, Charles de Gaulle entered history. For the rest of the war, de Gaulle insisted he and his Free French movement were the true embodiment of France. Sometimes aloof but confident in his leadership, he quarreled violently with Churchill and Roosevelt. Through sheer force of personality he inspired French men and women to risk their lives to resist the Nazi occupation. Thanks to de Gaulle, France was recognized as one of the victorious Allies when Germany was finally defeated. Then, as President of the Fifth Republic, de Gaulle brought France to the brink of a civil war over his controversial decision to pull out of Algeria. Julian Jackson's landmark biography, the first major reconsideration in over twenty years, captures this titanic figure as never before.--
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