De Gaulle /
Brian Crozier
- New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1973
- ix, 726 p.
Includes Index
Part 1 : The enigma of De Gaulle. The man -- Historical prologue -- Part 2 : Historian and thinker 1890-1939. Pupil of the Jesuits (1890-1909) -- The young officer (1909-1918) -- The historian (1919-1924) -- Petain's protege (1924-1932) -- A prophet ignored (1932-1939) -- Part 3 : Free France 1939-1945. The defeat (1939-1940) -- The challenge -- The Free French -- Divided they fall -- De Gaulle versus his allies -- Roosevelt in the ascendant -- Torch and after -- Casablanca -- Algiers -- The resistance -- Roots of the Fourth Republic -- The agony of France -- Part 4 : The liberation and after 1944-1946. Jostling for position -- De Gaulle's Parisian triumph -- Trial of strength -- Foreign disappointments -- International discords -- Vichy on trial -- The patient stirs -- De Gaulle steps down -- Part 5 : The Fourth Republic 1946-1958. Birth and challenge -- Triumph and collapse -- In the wilderness -- De Gaulle returns -- Part 6 : The Fifth Republic. De Gaulle breaks the opposition (1958-1962) -- The Atlantic Directorate Affair -- Europe and the world -- The pressure mounts -- The roots of discontent -- Storm and aftermath -- Exit and death -- Part 7 : De Gaulle in history. Man and showman -- Soldier and writer -- Politician and statesman.
De Gaulle the historian, thinker, soldier, and politician is explored in this comprehensive biography.