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.

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