DeGaulle: The Rebel 1890-1944 (Norton Paperback)

DeGaulle: The Rebel 1890-1944 (Norton Paperback)

â€œIn this magnificent biography . . . Jean Lacouture marches majestically through de Gaulleâ€™s first 54 years. . . . A feast, robust, subtle, joyful, complex, a celebration to be savored.â€ â€•New York Times Book Review
Savior of his nation in war; bold man of letters; patriot; a statesman who achieved reality for his political vision by the overwhelming force of his will: the personality that emerges in Jean Lacoutureâ€™s magnificent biography of Charles de Gaulle seems larger than life, a presence of mythic proportions. The story begins with de Gaulleâ€™s childhood in Lille and follows him through his heroic experiences in World War I and his swift rise to prominence in the French army, to that great moment of triumph, the liberation of Paris in August 1944. Perceptions of the private de Gaulleâ€•the schoolboy, the fatherâ€•are woven into this politically astute account of a career grounded in controversy.
Country USA
Brand W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 1993-05-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780393309997

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