De Gaulle and Twentieth-Century France

184 Pages·1995·5.225 MB·English

by  Horne Gough

De Gaulle and Twentieth-Century France

De Gaulle and
Twentieth-Century France
Edited by
Hugh Gough and John Home
Edward Arnold
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© 1994 selection and editorial matter John Home and Hugh Gough
First published in Great Britain 1994
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Contents
Preface vii
Editors' Note ix
Notes on the Contributors xi
List of Abbreviations xv
Chronology xix
Introduction 1
Hugh Gough and John Home
1 Two Destinies: Pétain and De Gaulle 9
René Rémond
2 De Gaulle and the Resistance, 1940-1944 19
François Bédarida
3 De Gaulle in Waiting, 1946-1958 35
Jean-Pierre Rioux
4 The Writing of Action in de Gaulle's War Memoirs 51
Robert Pickering
5 De Gaulle and the Algerian Crisis, 1958-1962 71
Michel Winock
6 De Gaulle and France's Role in the World 83
Douglas Johnson
vi De Gaulle and Twentieth-Century France
7 De Gaulle as Politician and Christian 95
Jean-Marie Mayeur
8 De Gaulle and Gaullism in the Fifth Republic 109
Serge Berstein
9 De Gaulle and May 1968 125
Julian Jackson
Select Bibliography 147
Index 151
Preface
This book is made up of the papers presented at a conference held in the Alli­
ance Française in Dublin, in November 1990, to mark the centenary of the birth
of Charles de Gaulle. The conference was organized by the Alliance Française
de Dublin, the Department of Modem History of Trinity College Dublin and
the Department of Modem History of University College Dublin.
The conference itself would never have come about without the en­
thusiastic support of the then délégué général of the Alliance Française,
Monsieur Rémy Durand, who provided much of the necessary financial
and organizational assistance. We are grateful to him, and to the generous
help provided by his successor. Monsieur Michel Carrière. Brigitte
Lemoine, also of the Alliance Française, provided us with constant support
throughout. The translations of the French texts were carried out by Ms
Cathérine Burke and by Dr Darach Sanfey. Financial assistance towards
publication was provided by the Alliance Française, the Department of
Modem History of Trinity College Dublin, and the Academic Publications
Committee of University College Dublin. We would like to express our
thanks to them all, and not least to our contributors, for making this
publication possible. Finally, we would like to thank Christopher
Wheeler and the editorial team at Edward Arnold for their encourage­
ment and help.
Hugh Gough (University College Dublin)
John Home (Trinity College Dublin)

Editors’ Note
As this book is intended for a general readership and for student use, all French
quotations have been translated into English except for certain footnotes in
the contributions of Douglas Johnson and Robert Pickering, where the
original French version was essential to the meaning of the text. Footnote
references to French books refer to the English translation where one is
available, but the date of the original French version is also given in
the brackets which follow the title. This will enable readers to trace the
French version where required.