| DeGaulle: The Ruler 1945-1970 Contributor(s): Lacouture, Jean (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393310000 ISBN-13: 9780393310009 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $34.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1993 Annotation: This book opens with the creation of the Fourth Republic in the aftermath of World War II and the election of de Gaulle, the voice of Free France, as president. Conflict soon forced his resignation, but 12 years later, with the outbreak of a colonial war, destiny beckoned him back to power. Photographs. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - France - Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 00000000 |
| Physical Information: 1.79" H x 6.2" W x 9.22" (1.95 lbs) 684 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 II 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lacouture, Jean: - Jean Lacouture is a French journalist and historian. |
