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The General: Charles de Gaulle and the France He Saved by Jonathan Fenby
Julian Jackson reads a biography that helps to solve de Gaulle's mysteries.
Julian Jackson reads a biography that helps to solve de Gaulle's mysteries.
As the French continue to pick over their World Cup debacle, which has been treated as a tragedy almost comparable to the fall of France in 1940, they console themselves with the memory of Charles de Gaulle. Never has de Gaulle's reputation stood higher. When he was forced out of power in 1969, he said to an aide: "The French want to get rid of de Gaulle today but you will see the growth of the myth 30 years from now." This prediction has come true. This year, for the 70th anniversary of his famous call to resistance, Nicolas Sarkozy came to London, the Eurostar was repainted for the occasion with de Gaulle's portrait, and French news channels covered the event for the whole day.
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