A Certain Idea Of France: The Life Charles De Gaulle Julian Jackson Penguin Books Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

Winner Of The Duff Cooper Prize For History Elizabeth Longford Historical Biography American Library In Paris Award Franco-British Society Literary And Grand Prix De La Biographie Politique Du Touqueta Sunday Times Daily Telegraph New Statesman Spectator Financial Tls Book Year\ Masterly Awesome Reading An Outstanding Biography\ Max Hastings Timesin Six Weeks Early Summer 1940 France Was Over-Run By German Troops Quickly Surrendered French Government Marshal Pétain Sued Peace Signed Armistice One Little-Known Junior General Refusing To Accept Defeat Made His Way England On 18 June He Spoke Compatriots Over Bbc Urging Them Rally Him London \ Whatever Happens Flame Resistance Must Not Be Extinguished Will At That Moment Charles Gaulle Entered Into Rest War Frequently Bit Hand Fed Insisted Being Treated As True Embodiment Quarrelled Violently With Churchill Roosevelt Prickly Stubborn Aloof Self-Contained But Through Sheer Force Personality Bloody-Mindedness Managed Have Recognised Victorious Allies Occupying Its Own Zone Defeated Germany Ten Years After 1958 President France\ S Fifth Republic Which Created Endures This Day Pursuit A Certain Idea Challenged Hegemony Took Out Nato Twice Vetoed British Entry European Community Controversial Decolonization Algeria Brought Brink Civil Provoked Several Assassination Attempts Julian Jackson\ Magnificent Reveals Life Titanic Figure Never Before It Draws Vast Range Published Unpublished Memoirs Documents - Including Recently Opened Archives Show How Achieved So Much During When Resources Were Astonishingly Few Put Medium-Rank Power Centre World Affairs No Previous Has Depicted Paradoxes Vividly Politics Since Death Been About Legacy Remains Far Greatest Leader Napoleon Σελίδες: 944 Διαστάσεις: 11 2X11 2Cm