De Gaulle
Subtitle: lessons in leadership from the defiant general
By: Michael E. Haskew ; foreword by Wesley K. Clark
Series: World generals
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York City
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780230110816
Subjects: Politics and government; Generals; HISTORY / Europe / France; Political leadership; Presidents; Political and social views; Underground movements; Military leadership; World War, 1939-1945; France. Armée; France; HISTORY / Military / World War II; Biography; History
Description: "Charles de Gaulle once stated, "France has no friends, only interests," and it was this strength of mind and love of country that took the region from an occupied territory during World War II to a leader in the Allied cause. Convinced that his personal destiny and that of his beloved country were intertwined, de Gaulle's life's work was dedicated to advancing its preeminence among nations. Even while the country lay prostrate before the Nazis, he maintained the honor of the French people, choosing to resist rather than to collaborate. His presidency was no less visionary; under de Gaulle, France became a nuclear power, granted autonomy to more than a dozen of its former colonial holdings, and maintained an influential presence on the world stage. Here, Michael Haskew takes us on a tremendous journey through de Gaulle's pivotal years, his leadership of the resistance, and beyond to understand the man who remade both modern military tactics and global leadership"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Wesley K. Clark; title: Prologue; title: Child of Flanders; title: Crucible of war; title: The young lion; title: Restless recalcitrant; title: Soul of France; title: Out of ashes; title: Triumphant return; title: Vive la France; title: Epilogue