Book Overview
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.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0393310000
ISBN13:9780393310009
Release Date:May 1993
Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
Length:684 Pages
Weight:1.95 lbs.
Dimensions:1.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"
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volume two bring us from is exile and to the formation of the RPF. DE GAULLE COMEBACK IN 1958 AND THE FOUDATION OF THE FIFTH REPUBLIC.. THE SECOND TOME OF THIS CALSSIC BIOGRAPHY BY LACOUTURE IS EXCELLENT.
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