De Gaulle, Charles

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Awesome introduction

The Edge of the Sword
Charles de Gaulle
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hard to find; favorite of Nixon's.......2007-04-27

This book is hard to find, De Gaulle wrote it about 1932 (and another book Army of the Future near the same time), but Sword was translated to English only in 1960. I have read it was one of Nixon's favorite books and his personal copy is full of comments and marginal notes ("yes must do this" and such.)

Awesome introduction.......1999-02-03

The introduction to this book, which is translated from English, is probably one of the most revealing and telling commentaries on the nature of man. The translation is excellent and you can tell what an intelligent person De Gaulle was. Excellent book to understand the mind and character of the soldier. Again, the intro is beautifully written.

The Last Great Frenchman: A Life of General De Gaulle

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Great and Obstinate figure of History
the only book worth reading on the French
The Last Great Frenchman: A Life of Gen. De Gaulle
An apt title
A captivating biography

The Last Great Frenchman: A Life of General De Gaulle
Charles Williams
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"This is a splendid popular biography . . . recounted with verve and anecdotal warmth, along with fresh appraisals of de Gaulle's career as soldier, politician, and head of state." âPublishers Weekly.

"Highly readable. . . . It is to Williams' credit that he is able to get so close to such a prickly personality." âSan Francisco Chronicle

"Charles Williams has matched a great subject by something near to a great book." âDaily Telegraph (London)

"Marvelous vignettes. . . . Williams tells his story with pace and skill." âMartin Gilbert

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Great and Obstinate figure of History.......2006-01-15

Truly a great figure of the 20th century. As the author points out de Gaulle would have been a minor footnote in French history if he had died before 1940. At the age of 50 he stepped unto English soil after leaving France where he had been condemned to death for refusing to go along with the French government in signing the armistice with Germany. His strength and moral courage brought France out of the abyss of collaboration to (once again) a player on the world stage.
De Gaulle is accurately portrayed by Williams as an uncompromising man - he skillfully out-maneuvered his rival, Giraud in Algeria during the war to place himself as the sole leader of Fighting France. De Gaulle was to share power with no man. The constant quarrels with Churchill would be humorous if there was not a war to be won. And as Williams states that war, for De Gaulle, was against Britain and the U.S. De Gaulle's single-minded vision was to return France to a position of power at the conclusion of the war. If that meant irritating Roosevelt and Churchill more than Hitler - so be it. Probably De Gaulle's biggest miscalculation, as Williams' points out was with Roosevelt. De Gaulle never comprehended the man or the nation. De Gaulle had a European view of the world and did not have Churchill's grasp of everything that the U.S. had to offer for the liberation of Europe. Roosevelt was reluctant to fight for the British empire and was therefore much less interested in preserving France's external holdings and viewed De Gaulle as a brash upstart with truthfully little to offer in terms of military strength.
Ironically De Gaulle himself came to see that anti-colonial point of view in the early 60's when Algeria was granted autonomy with the blessing of European France.
Williams' illustrates on several occasions how De Gaulle's sheer strength of personality and his ability to irritate most anyone on any occasion, including his fellow countrymen, makes for a great historical biography of an extraordinary individualist.

the only book worth reading on the French.......2003-09-19

De Gaulle was, as this book points out, the last great frenchmen. Some will debate this raising the name of Mitterand, but De Gaulle looms over france like an albatross as the conscience of the nation.

De Gaulle was influenced as a young man by the injustice of the Dreyfuss case. The hatred of inequality would later convince De Gaulle to fight to the death rather then submit to Nazi terror.

The book details De Gaulle as the war hero in WWI. He went on to write about the new generation of tanks and how best to employ them(as the Germans would) in concentrations. During WWII De Gaulle found himself watching the government vascilate and finally give in to the hated Germans. To cap it off De Gaulles WWI hero Petain was the one to give in to the Nazis. De Gaulle fled to Britian to carry on the conflict and he was found guilty of treason by the Vichy french.

De Gaulle carrried the honor of france abroad, helped to liberate hte colonies from the Vichy and finally leading the french back to Paris. De Gaulles later carerr found him helping to extricate the french from Algeria.

A wonderful book, easy to read and enthralling.

The Last Great Frenchman: A Life of Gen. De Gaulle.......2001-09-06

Mr. Williams' book is a first rate introduction to the life and times of Gen. de Gaulle. For students of WWII and modern world politics, the perspective presented is fresh and thought provoking. I found it a good companion to the General's own memiors. It is hard not to have a opinion about a man who had such forceful opinions himself, and never seemed to be afraid of expressing them or the resulting controversy. The book is fair and balanced in it's coverage of the subject though occasionally light on background and reasons to explain the General's actions. The fact must be acknowledged that some actions could only be explained "because he was de Gaulle". Mr. Williams' writing of the Petain - de Gaulle relationship is the most complete and impartial report I have read.

The quality of the printing and photo reproduction, in the paperback version I read, was very good.

English language books on modern French history are not abundant. This is a excellant volume to start off with or
add to a collection.

An apt title.......2001-05-19

Is it possible to love your county too much? If your love of country leads you to break with most of the political leaders of your day and flee to a foreign shore to resist the creators of the Holocaust, the answer is no. If it leads you to snub leaders of the countries that liberated your captive nation -- with the consequent political fall-out -- the answer may be different. The public de Gaulle emerges from these pages as fiercely patriotic, complex, shrewd and obstinate, even as he appears sensitive and introspective in private, and France was better for his birth. In every good drama, the protagonist undergoes a change. This biography is like a good drama. I won't reveal the personal crisis and other events which, according to the author, enlarged de Gaulle between World War II and his return to power in the 50s, but I will say it makes thoughtful reading. This biography also discusses de Gaule's ten year reign in France as President. Particularly interesting is his cultivation of third world countries in pursuit of French influence in the World. His fall from power is also described. Biographies tend to be bitter-sweet, ending as they do in decline and death. This biography is like that. Yet de Gaulle remained de Gaulle to the end.

A captivating biography.......2000-05-15

For the first half of the book, it seems like the British author (who spent time in France) portrays de Gaulle with a little too much sympathy. Any such notions are quickly dispelled in the second half, where de Gaulle is clearly shown to be "in the wrong" on several occasions. On the whole, the writing is very well done. Although fairly thick, it flows well. It normally takes me a while to finish books, but this one went very fast. I was especially captivated by the plays of Roosevelt vs. de Gaulle. It is quite possible that the rift in US/French relations happened as a result of the animosity between these two extremely obstinate men.

The Day of the Jackal (Best Mysteries of All Time)

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Quite simply, the best thriller ever written
The International Man of Mystery
Still a classic
Great Book/Horrible Movie!
A critic was comparing The Day of the Jackal with the DaVinci code book

The Day of the Jackal (Best Mysteries of All Time)
Frederick Forsyth
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Quite simply, the best thriller ever written.......2007-01-28

This was unfortunate for Freddie Forsyth, because he was never able to match it. But then, neither was anyone else. Set in the aftermath of the Algerian crisis in the early 1960s in which an entire Foreign Legion paratroop regiment mutinied and formed the OAS (Secret Army Organisation), there was an attempt on the life of French President Charles de Gaulle and France trembled on the edge of civil war, the story is meticulously put together and excitingly told, with a bit of repetition of language (Mr. Forsyth seems to like trains; several times he described the demolition of someone's expectations or his person as if hit by a train). The Jackal, hired by the OAS to assassinate De Gaulle, is a cold-blooded killer who's in it purely for the money, yet curiously you find yourself rooting just a little for him. And you KNOW that Charles de Gaulle died in his bed in Colombey Les Deux Églises in 1969, so the Jackal can't possibly succeed, yet the book keeps you reading right to the end - and the O. Henry-type twist that has become somewhat of a Forsyth trademark. By the way, most of the French politicians mentioned were real people in De Gaulle's government.

All in all, a brilliantly-conceived and -presented thriller. I have yet to find a better one. (For what it's worth, Fred Zinneman's film of the novel, with Edward Fox as the Jackal, is also excellent. Avoid like the plague the appalling US remake starring Bruce Willis).

The International Man of Mystery.......2007-01-23

The Day of the Jackal, by Frederic Forsyth

This fast-paced 1971 novel is based in part on the actual events that occurred in 1960s France. The revolt in 1954 Algeria created troubles that brought Charles De Gaulle to power in 1958. The French army put an end to the revolt in Algeria, but the expenses resulted in a peace settlement and an independent Algeria. France lost one of its oldest and closest colonies. Elements in France and Algeria blamed De Gaulle for this political decision. They formed the Secret Army Organization (OAS), and decided to remove De Gaulle from power. Chapter One tells about the 1962 assassination attempt. The French Secret Services soon put an end to the OAS. This book imagines another plot by the OAS to assassinate De Gaulle, and story develops this idea to its logical conclusion.

Since all the supporters of the OAS were known to the French Secret Services they decided to find a foreigner who was unknown and could travel freely in France to do the job. The only way to keep this plan secret is to let only a few know of the plans. This hired assassin will not be cheap. The Englishman explains why a professional is superior to an amateur. June and July 1963 saw a huge amount of armed robberies in France. Any Belgian can buy a pistol or rifle at any sports or gun shop. Brussels had a long tradition of forging official documents. The Jackal sought a sniper's location on the sixth floor near the plaza where De Gaulle would visit on August 25, the anniversary of the Liberation of Paris in 1944. A fire escape would allow an escape. Preparations for his disguises continued. We learn that industrialists and bankers would put up the cash to pay for the assassination. The book tells what a mercury-filled bullet would do: explode on contact.

The French Secret Service captured and questioned a guard for the OAS; Victor talked. Colonel Rolland figured out the plot and warned his superiors. De Gaulle orders no publicity; the search for the Jackal would be kept secret. They will use the best detective in Paris, Charles Lebel. Lebel knows that slow, precise, methodical investigation solves crimes. The OAS has planted a spy close to a high-level Minister who learns about the plans and sends a warning to her contact. But the OAS high-command cannot recall the operation. The Jackal receives this warning but decided to continue the operation. The police continues the search but the Jackal seems to be forewarned and escapes their traps. The French police appear to be closing in on their target. The Jackal knows all the tricks to disappear in a Paris where the police searched high and low. Organized crime was also looking for this individual, but neither had success. Lebel figures out that August 25 is a major holiday. President De Gaulle will appear in public places during the day. That is when the Jackal will strike and then make his getaway. Detective Lebel goes around questioning the gendarmes on crowd control. One tells of letting an old one-legged man pass. Level know this is his man, and they race to the top floor. Lebel gets to personally say goodbye to the Jackal. [Would this detective be on the job unarmed?]

This is an interesting story in itself. It has eerie parallels to the events of November 22, 1963 in Dallas. A hired assassin will always use a rifle to he can escape while the police are trying to figure out where the shot came from. This story glides over the implausibilities. What if the gendarme on crowd control refused to let the old one-legged veteran pass?

Still a classic.......2006-11-10

...but I do not remember it being as slow the last time I read it as it was for me this time. Maybe it has more to do with my difficulties pronouncing all of the incredibly long french names and words.

Great Book/Horrible Movie!.......2006-11-09

I read this one when I worked night time weekend doorman at the Pantheon theatre in downtown Toledo where they showed macho Black Cinema films (they called them this in a communications class in college) and even the mamger Jack Kinger carried a .38 with a shoulder holster.
In this environment, I read this book in off times on my job. It fascinated me. How the assasin, the Jackal, had a high powered rifle custom built to fit in a fake crutch to attempt to kill DeGull. Nothing against France. He disassenbled it and then put it back together when he was ready to use it. The part at the end was cetrainly suspenseful to me. I was shiocked to find that the French intelligence used electrodes on the genitals to interrogate supsects in an assanation plot against the president.The end was cetainly a cliffhanger. And back then I enjoyed it a great deal. Yet later, I had seen the movie version and PBS and it was quite droll. The book was better than the movie.

A critic was comparing The Day of the Jackal with the DaVinci code book.......2006-07-25

The reviewer trashed the DaVinci code book for its sloppy writing, but brought great praise--justly deserved--for The Day of the Jackal. The reviewer said he reads it every two years or so because it is that riveting.

It was a long time since I read it so I bought it and enjoyed it once more.

It does get repetitive and boring at times the way detective work and good spy work gets repetitive and boring at times.

There is a lot of fantasy in the story. Jackal's weapon could never be as accurate as that, period.

But the only flaw I do fault in the novel is that the Jackal was focused on doing his mission AND escaping. He would have never been able to excape the net he was in. Never.

But what a great read!

The Complete War Memoirs of Charles De Gaulle

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De Gaulle Tells the Story of the Free French
De Gaulle was a giant
A Classic
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Essential historical document and a suprisingly good read.

The Complete War Memoirs of Charles De Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
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De Gaulle Tells the Story of the Free French.......2007-01-11

Charles de Gaulle is perphaps one of the most enigmatic figures of World War II. Misunderstood by both the British and Americans during post WWII period, he ended up greatly disliked in both countries. De Gaulle's memoirs, however, are an important source to more throughly understand the second world war. He tells the story of a France in a virtual state of civil war after the collaspe of France and the establishment of the Petain regime at Vichy. This civil war was fought in the outer reaches of the French Empire- Dakar, Lebanon, Syria, Chad, Indochina, etc. It tells a depressing story of how most of the French remained loyal to Vichy. De Gaulle recounts how in 1940 he made a speech before 2,000 French soliders stranded in England. H He pleaded with them to join his Free French army. He was only able to convince 200 to join. He recounts how the Vichy French army fought with greater vigor against fellow Frenchmen and the British then they did against the Nazis. He writes the history of how a people deeply depressed by war and defeatism slowly raises itself for the struggle against Germany. Without doubt, De Gaulle's perserverence provided France with some cover of honour to assuage its sense of national shame and guilt. De Gaulle takes us through the Empire, his challenges in remaining relevant to the British and the overt hostility of the Americans who remained loyal to Petain until 1943. The translation is good. The inclusion of maps of the Empire would have been useful. As with other memoirs, such as those of Mussolini, Admiral Horthy, Churchill, etc. this is a must read for the student of the 1940s. One note is that strategically, De Gaulle, like Churchill, was an imperial optimist. Both were convinced that once the war with Germany became a world war, time and the vast resources (both in men and material) available in their respective Empires would provide Great Britain and France with decided advantages against the Axis. As history was to demonstrate, both men's optimism were proven correct.

De Gaulle was a giant.......2006-09-21

I'm an agronomist and I live in Brazil.I read this book, published here in Brazil in three volums and translated to the portuguese.
This book is an auto-biography, but it is only about De Gaulle, in World War two and some months later.
De Gaulle was a giant, not only about his hight, but also about his life.
You won't only know about war, in this book, but also about peoples.De Gaulle has very good opinions, about Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini,etc.
About the future of France, De Gaulle was prophetic.Being writen in 1940 decade, De Gaulle in this book, tells that nuclear energy will be very important to France, in the future.In fact, today, nuclear power is 85% of France's eletricity.The hidropower is 15%.Nothing comes from oil or natural gas.De Gaulle knew that France, will be nuclear.
In another part of this book, De Gaulle tells that soviet communism is nothing more than a fashion, and that it will pass, but France will last.

The biggest problem of this book is that it's very biased.And the bias isn't only about De Gaulle , but also far more, about France itself.
The Frace's defeat in 1940, came from cowardy, betrial and incompetence.
You can't know nothing nothing about this.You know nothing about France's anti-semithism.Some scape goats, such as Laval, were punished, but France was a shame, in World War II.
For De Gaulle, France is ever biggest of all nations and full of proud.
I have dozens of book about World War II.And any of them, is so biased about France as this.
In all senses, De Gaulle was a giant, but this book, even being 100% biased, is good and after sixty years, remains prophetic about France's future.

A Classic.......2004-12-15

An essential book and one of the best autobiographies ever. Unlike Churchill and others, de Gaulle researched and wrote his momoirs all by himself, without any "contributors" and shadow writers. He writes clearly, the style is formal and elegant. A joy to read, which is wonderfully surprising and refreshing considering the stuffy nature of most such undertakings. To truly understand the man, one has to read this. His motives, his love for France, the belief in France's destiny. The world has still a lot to learn from him.

great book.......2000-03-10

This book is outstanding for its literary, even poetic, power. De Gaulle thinks of France as a person fated for tragedy and greatness. His biggest problem is achieving recognition as the political representative of France after France has signed an armistice with the Germans: Churchill tells him that although he claims to represent France, neither England or the US will recognize him as such; De Gaulle steadily replies that it is sufficient for him if the French people recognize him. This is the story of a man standing against the entire world for the sake of an ideal. Reminded me of Nelson Mandela!

Essential historical document and a suprisingly good read........1998-08-25

As one might expect, De Gaulle's memoirs of the Second World War are deeply concerned with self-justification, if not self-glorification. More surprisingly, they are good reading. De Gaulle writes in a formal, but clear and elegant style. The period covered is from the fall of France, through De Gaulle's flight to England and formation of the Free French, to the liberation and a bit of the postwar period. Obviously, this is not objective history. The chief interest of the book is that De Gaulle's personality and opinions colors every page. The reader may indeed be irritated, or he may be amused, by the author's undisguised self-regard, but in any case there are compensations. There is revealing detail on events such as the fall of France and the invasion of North Africa. With great candor and sharp perception De Gaulle assesses his own and others' strategies. There are good pen-portraits of Churchill and many other contemporaries. And there is the fascination of viewing great events through the prism of a commanding mind..

De Gaulle: Statemanship, Grandeur, and Modern Democracy

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De Gaulle as Political Philosopher
The best book on de Gaulle's thought there is

De Gaulle: Statemanship, Grandeur, and Modern Democracy
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Mahoney provides a comprehensive study of the thought and action of Charles de Gaulle. This volume is neither a biography nor a historical narrative, although it addresses important aspects of de Gaulle's life and political career. Mahoney asserts that de Gaulle is systematically misunderstood, especially in the Anglo-American world. He is sometimes dismissed as a narrow or quixotic nationalist, pigeon-holed as an irrational anti-American, and often labelled with various anti-democratic appellations such as Bonapartist or Nietzschean. In responding to this wide-spread misunderstanding, Mahoney analyzes de Gaulle's approach to the "problem" of modern democracy. De Gaulle believed that human beings were political animals who naturally desired to live in communities dedicated to shared, noble purposes. He also knew that modern men are individuals who resist or ignore these purposes. The statesman-writer de Gaulle believed it was the task of statesmanship to kindle these political purposes by reaching for the summits--for the dazzling light of national unity and ambition that he called "grandeur." Mahoney shows that de Gaulle did not despair of liberal democracy; he did not succumb to the illusions of the impatient or tyrannical that "anything" is better than democratic mediocrity. This is an important corrective to scholars and students of modern political thought and European history, as well as an invaluable guide to democratic statesmanship in our time.

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De Gaulle as Political Philosopher.......2005-02-15

Mahoney has done us the favour of going through De Gaulle's principal writings and speeches to reveal a political philosopher of trenchant insight and immanent applicability. This book is essential for understanding De Gaulle and for his contribution to political thought. It has the grace both to be quite well-written and also to encompass its topic in 150 pages. Especially intriguing is the discussion of De Gaulle's debt to Charles Peguy; especially timely is De Gaulle wise objection to Jean Monnet's European project. De Gaulle was indeed an arrogant man - with much to be arrogant about!

Mahoney is one of the few writers who successfully overturns conventional thinking. Newman taught that the conventional wisdom about the Catholic Faith is wrong. Clyde Wilson has taught that the conventional wisdom about Calhoun is wrong. Thomas DiLorenzo has taught that the conventional wisdom about Lincoln and his war is wrong. Murray Rothbard taught that the conventional wisdom about the Great Depression is wrong. Jim Powell has taught that the conventional wisdom about Franklin Roosevelt is wrong. Thomas Fleming and Jim Powell have taught that the conventional wisdom about Woodrow Wilson is wrong. Hans-Hermann Hoppe has taught that the conventional wisdom about democracy is wrong. Kuehnelt-Leddihn taught that the conventional wisdom about royalism is wrong. Martin van Creveld has taught that the conventional wisdom about war is wrong. Niall Fergusson has taught that the conventional wisdom about World War I is wrong. Böhm-Bawerk taught that the conventional wisdom about Marx is utterly wrong. Dr Atkins taught that the conventional wisdom about dieting is wrong. And Daniel J. Mahoney has taught that the conventional (Anglo-American) wisdom about De Gaulle is wrong.

No small achievement.

The best book on de Gaulle's thought there is.......2001-10-04

With this book, you will go a long way towards understanding the congenitally misunderstood figure of Charles de Gaulle. And he's well worth understanding. This book is not a biography and is not organized chronologically. Rather, each chapter delves into different aspects of his political philosophy -- what were his ideas and where did he get them from?

Here is a sampling of some of the themes explored in this book: How de Gaulle interpreted French history, with a discreet preference for the Old Regime and ambivalence towards Napoleon, whose grandeur led him to contempt for moral and physical limits. An analysis of his early writings where he gives a self-portrait describing the "man of character" who is "made for great deeds." His deep moral sense of Christianity and democracy combined with his "egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning." How de Gaulle came to his 1940 decision that resistance was the only legitimate course of action. Why he saw the "constitutional correction" of 1958 as necessary. His views on European union.

The author is obviously admiring of de Gaulle but does not brush away his weak points -- the main one perhaps being that de Gaulle rhetorically treated the two superpowers as though they were an equal danger to France. In the end de Gaulle emerges as a supporter of democracy, but one who is not afraid to criticize its negative aspects. His idea that one must work against democracy's tendancy to promote mediocrity and conformity of ideas is straight out of Alexis de Tocqueville. If you want to get inside the head of de Gaulle, you've got to get your hands on this slim and profoundly thoughtful volume. I found it absolutely fascinating.

Who Speaks for Europe: The Vision of Charles De Gaulle
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Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), savior of France’s honor in 1940 and founder of the Fifth Republic in 1958, was a deeply contradictory politician. A conservative and a Catholic, from a monarchist family, he restored democracy in 1944 and brought the Communists into his government. An imperialist in the 1940s, he completed France’s decolonization in the 1960s. A soldier, he spent much of his career opposing the army. Yet, as Julian Jackson shows, it was precisely because of these contradictions that De Gaulle was able to reconcile so many of the conflicting strands in French politics and, for the first time since the Revolution, provide France with a universally accepted political system.

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