Screen LibraryDe Gaulle : statesmanship, grandeur and modern democracy /
"This analysis of the thought and action of Charles de Gaulle explores the intellectual foundations of Gaullist statecraft. Mahoney's careful exegesis of de Gaulle's major writings and speeches, reveals a penetrating political thinker as well as a major political actor. He explains de...
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Taylor and Francis,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"This analysis of the thought and action of Charles de Gaulle explores the intellectual foundations of Gaullist statecraft. Mahoney's careful exegesis of de Gaulle's major writings and speeches, reveals a penetrating political thinker as well as a major political actor. He explains de Gaulle to an American public that too often sees him as a posturing figure suffering from an exaggerated and misplaced sense of personal and national grandeur. Mahoney shows that de Gaulle's defense of the "grandeur" of France is tied to a fundamentally classical view of human nature and politics. In elucidatin |
| Carrier Form: | xix, 188 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-176) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781138521988 1138521981 9780765806895 0765806894 |
| Index Number: | DC420 |
| CLC: | K835. 657 |
| Call Number: | K835.657/G269M |