This is a biography of Charles de Gaulle evaluating him as a leader and statesman and providing a record of his life. This volume, the first of two (condensed from the original three volumes in the French edition), follows his rise to power and closes with the liberation of Paris in 1944. The author is a former foreign affairs correspondent for "Le Monde" and is a contributor to "Nouvel Observateur" and a well-known political journalist for French radio, television and press.

De Gaulle, the rebel, 1890-1944

LACOUTURE, Jean

Collins, Harvill

De Gaulle: the ruler, 1945-1970

Biographies & Memoirs

Harvill

André Malraux

A. Deutsch

Jean Lacouture's monumental life of Charles de Gaulle has been hailed in France as one of the supreme works of contemporary biography: a meticulous and moving record of de Gaulle's life, and a sympathetic but even-handed evaluation of a great leader and statesman.

De Gaulle: The Rebel, 1890-1944

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

"This stirring volume of extraordinary photographs, presenting our times in all their elegance, squalor, courage, hope, betrayal, agony, sacrifice, heroism, and majesty, is as unsparing of its audience as it was unsparing of its photographers. . . . These pictures demand involvement." ―William Manchester, from the text From the grandly historic to the poignantly human, from battlefield violence to the gentle pleasures of peace, In Our Time captures the past fifty years of the world in over three hundred memorable photographs, including many in color.As the distinguished historian William Manchester explains in his provocative text, the book is a distinctive blend of reporting and art that inevitably engages the heart and mind of the viewer. Each picture is a comment upon our experience of the twentieth century.The photographers represented here all belong to Magnum, a collective founded in 1947 to give photojournalists artistic freedom and control over the rights to their work. Magnum's archives are a repository of the masterpieces of photography of the past half-century.Not since the landmark photographic exhibition "The Family of Man" have so many brilliant photographs documented such a range of human experience.

In Our Time: The World As Seen by Magnum Photographers

Arts & Photography

Ritchin, Fred

eastman-kodak-company

Manchester, William

American Federation of Arts

Minneapolis Institute Of Arts

Photography & Video

W.W.Norton&Company

This second volume of Lacouture's acclaimed biography of Charles de Gaulle closes the circle on one of the most remarkable political lives of the 20th century. The book opens with the aftermath of World War II and de Gaulle's election as France's president, continuing through his resignation and return to power. Photographs.

De Gaulle: The Ruler 1945-1970

History

Europe

Beginning with his childhood in Lille, through heroic experiences in World War I, to that great moment of triumph, the liberation of Paris in August 1944, Lacouture reveals the highlights and shadows of this man obsessed with the history of France and his role in it. Photographs.

DeGaulle: The Rebel 1890-1944 (Norton Paperback)

Historical

“A thorough, splendid account of the great political dramatist, the very conscious creator of his own legend. . . . Balanced, indispensable.” ―Fritz Stern, Foreign Affairs The second volume of Jean Lacouture’s acclaimed biography of Charles de Gaulle opens with the creation of the Fourth Republic in the aftermath of World War II and with the election of de Gaulle―the voice of Free France, the savior of the nation in war―as president of France. But the internal contradictions of the new constitution soon forced de Gaulle to resign, leaving France to a succession of short-lived and generally ineffective coalition governments. In 1958, with the outbreak of the bitter colonial war in Algeria, destiny beckoned again. De Gaulle offered himself as a mediator and in short order became president of the Council of Ministers, then president of the Firth Republic.

"This stirring volume of extraordinary photographs, presenting our times in all their elegance, squalor, courage, hope, betrayal, agony, sacrifice, heroism, and majesty, is as unsparing of its audience as it was unsparing of its photographers. . . . These pictures demand involvement." ―William Manchester, from the text From the grandly historic to the poignantly human, from battlefield violence to the gentle pleasures of peace, In Our Time captures the past fifty years of the world in over three hundred memorable photographs, including many in color. As the distinguished historian William Manchester explains in his provocative text, the book is a distinctive blend of reporting and art that inevitably engages the heart and mind of the viewer. Each picture is a comment upon our experience of the twentieth century. The photographers represented here all belong to Magnum, a collective founded in 1947 to give photojournalists artistic freedom and control over the rights to their work. Magnum's archives are a repository of the masterpieces of photography of the past half-century. Not since the landmark photographic exhibition "The Family of Man" have so many brilliant photographs documented such a range of human experience.

In Our Time: The World as Seen by Magnum Photographers

Charisma: a style, an image, a political tool; product of 20th-century communications technology and the oldest skills of the politician; the catalytic factor in the rise (or fall) of four of the world's most complex and fascinating modern political leaders. This is Lacouture's most important book since Vietnam: Between Two Truces. Probing deeply into the philosophical roots of the concept of charisma, Lacouture fully grasps its nature and its workings. First, with careful documentation and intensive analysis, he draws on the writings of Max Weber, as well as on the more heterodox teachings of the East, to flesh out a framework through which the student of modern politics can better view the historical development of charisma into a universally used, generic political device. Then, utilizing both general research and intensified observation of four particular subjects, he demonstrates in extended and acute profiles how charisma has been employed by Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein (1918-1970, perhaps its most skillful practitioner, who miraculously turned the crushing national defeat of the Six-Day War into a great personal triumph; Habib Bourguiba (1903-2000), President of Tunisia, who seems to have mastered the tactics and strategy of charismatic leadership despite the continually deteriorating political situation in his country; 3) Cambodia's Norodom Sihanouk (1922-2012, ostensibly the most effortless successful charismatic leader of all, until the March 1970 coup showed the fragility of his reign and the shortcomings of the personality approach to governess; and Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972), who personally led Ghana from colony to independent republic, consolidated all of government into his own private domain, and then overplayed and abused his privilege until his overthrow in 1966. The Demigods is a major consideration of a central modern political phenomenon. Extensive index.

The demigods: Charismatic leadership in the third world

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De Gaulle, the rebel, 1890-1944

De Gaulle: the ruler, 1945-1970

André Malraux

De Gaulle: The Rebel, 1890-1944

In Our Time: The World As Seen by Magnum Photographers

De Gaulle: The Ruler 1945-1970

DeGaulle: The Rebel 1890-1944 (Norton Paperback)

De Gaulle: The Ruler 1945-1970

In Our Time: The World as Seen by Magnum Photographers

The demigods: Charismatic leadership in the third world