A Certain Idea of France · the Life of Charles De Gaulle by Jackson, Julian -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page List of Illustrations Maps Introduction Part One: DE GAULLE BEFORE ‘DE GAULLE’, 1890–1940

1: Beginnings, 1890–1908 2: ‘A Regret That Will Never Leave Me’, 1908–1918 3: Rebuilding a Career, 1919–1932 4: Making a Mark, 1932–1939 5: The Battle of France, September 1939–June 1940

Part Two: EXILE, 1940–1944

6: Rebellion, 1940 7: Survival, 1941 8: Inventing Gaullism 9: On the World Stage, September 1941–June 1942 10: Fighting France, July–October 1942 11: Power Struggles, November 1942–November 1943 12: Building a State in Exile, July 1943–May 1944 13: Liberation, June–August 1944

Part Three: IN AND OUT OF POWER, 1944–1958

14: In Power, August 1944–May 1945 15: From Liberator to Saviour, May 1945–December 1946 16: The New Messiah, 1947–1955 17: In the ‘Desert’, 1955–1958 18: The 18 Brumaire of Charles de Gaulle, February–June 1958 19: Président du Conseil, June–December 1958

Part Four: REPUBLICAN MONARCH, 1959–1965

20: ‘This Affair Which Absorbs and Paralyses Us’, 1959–1962 21: Turning Point, 1962 22: The Pursuit of Grandeur, 1959–1963 23: Going Global, 1963–1964 24: Modernizing Monarch, 1959–1964 25: Half-Time, 1965

Part Five: TOWARDS THE END, 1966–1970

26: Upsetting the Applecart, 1966–1967 27: Diminishing Returns 28: Revolution, 1968 29: The End, June 1968–November 1970 30: Myth, Legacy and Achievement

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