Charles de Gaulle
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4422-3674-5 (ISBN)
In this definitive history, William R. Keylor traces the tumultuous relationship between Charles de Gaulle and a host of other key twentieth-century figures: his former mentor Marshal Philippe Pétain, who headed the collaborationist government in the southern French city of Vichy as the German army occupied the northern two-thirds of the country; Sir Winston Churchill, the British prime minister whose government supported and financed de Gaulle and the Free French, but who clashed with the French leader on a number of hot-button issues; and, most critically, the six American presidents from FDR to Nixon. Keylor uses the metaphor “thorn in the side” to emphasize the fact that challenges from the intrepid French leader were often an annoyance to the Americans, who all had many more important issues to deal with—World War II for Roosevelt and Truman, the Cold War for Eisenhower, and the Vietnam War for Kennedy and Johnson. Richard Nixon alone had an excellent relationship, but the two men overlapped for only four months before de Gaulle’s retirement. Thoroughly researched and deeply knowledgeable, this gripping book will appeal to all readers interested in contemporary French and US history.
William R. Keylor is professor emeritus at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. He has received the Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Methodist Scholar-Teacher Award; has been a Fulbright scholar; and has been awarded fellowships by the Guggenheim Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, the Whiting Foundation, and the Earhart Foundation. He is an elected member of the International Institute of Strategic Studies and a former president of the Society for French Historical Studies, and was named Chevalier de l’Ordre national du Mérite by the French government.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Young Charles de Gaulle, 1890–1940: Before the Fall of France
Chapter 2 Fallen France, 1940–1941: Occupation, Collaboration, and Exile
Chapter 3 FDR and de Gaulle, 1940–1945: A Cold Shoulder from the “Stubborn Dutchman” to the “Stubborn Frenchman”
Chapter 4 France’s Role in the Postwar International Order
Chapter 5 Truman and de Gaulle, 1945–1946: A Brief Encounter with Pinpricks
Chapter 6 De Gaulle in the Political Wilderness, 1946–1958: Failed Attempt at a Comeback before Success
Chapter 7 Eisenhower and de Gaulle, 1958–1961: Two Wartime Buddies in Power
Chapter 8 Kennedy and de Gaulle, 1961–1963: JFK’s Grand Design Derailed
Chapter 9 Johnson and de Gaulle, 1963–1968: Distant Antagonists
Chapter 10 Nixon and de Gaulle, 1969: Realism Triumphant and Mutual Admiration
Chapter 11 De Gaulle and the United States: A Long and Contentious Relationship
A Note on Sources
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 161 x 241 mm |
| Gewicht | 676 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4422-3674-4 / 1442236744 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4422-3674-5 / 9781442236745 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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