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"Maison Natale Charles de Gaulle" à Lille, octobre 2024.

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Publication Date: May 12, 2020

One of France’s most famous historians compares two exemplars of political and military leadership to make the unfashionable case that individuals, for better and worse, matter in history.

Historians have taught us that the past is not just a tale of heroes and wars. The anonymous millions matter and are active agents of change. But in democratizing history, we have lost track of the outsized role that individual will and charisma can play in shaping the world, especially in moments of extreme tumult. Patrice Gueniffey provides a compelling reminder in this powerful dual biography of two transformative leaders, Napoleon Bonaparte and Charles de Gaulle.

Both became national figures at times of crisis and war. They were hailed as saviors and were eager to embrace the label. They were also animated by quests for personal and national greatness, by the desire to raise France above itself and lead it on a mission to enlighten the world. Both united an embattled nation, returned it to dignity, and left a permanent political legacy―in Napoleon’s case, a form of administration and a body of civil law; in de Gaulle’s case, new political institutions. Gueniffey compares Napoleon’s and de Gaulle’s journeys to power; their methods; their ideas and writings, notably about war; and their postmortem reputations. He also contrasts their weaknesses: Napoleon’s limitless ambitions and appetite for war and de Gaulle’s capacity for cruelty, manifested most clearly in Algeria.

They were men of genuine talent and achievement, with flaws almost as pronounced as their strengths. As many nations, not least France, struggle to find their soul in a rapidly changing world, Gueniffey shows us what a difference an extraordinary leader can make.

Product details

Hardcover: 416 pages

Publisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press (May 12, 2020)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0674988388

ISBN-13: 978-0674988385

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Tal día como hoy, 18 de junio, pero del año 1940, en un mensaje emitido desde su exilio en Londres, Reino Unido, después de la caída de Francia bajo el yugo nazi, el general francés Charles Degaulle hace un llamamiento a sus compatriotas para seguir luchando en la Segunda Guerra Mundial bajo su liderazgo. 

 Este mensaje, conocido como el “Llamado del 18 de junio”  supone una reacción a la petición de armisticio por parte del general Pétain, del 17 de junio de 1940, permitió a Charles de Gaulle presentarse como el jefe de la Francia Libre, en oposición al régimen colaboracionista de Vichy.

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[OUVRAGE] L'Histoire de France racontée en Poitou, par Frédérick Gersal ► http://bit.ly/Histoire-France-Gersal Avec humour et esprit, Frédérick Gersal présente 10 personnages de l Histoire de France qui ont marqué le Poitou. De Clovis jusqu au général de Gaulle, voici narrés les événements, les aventures, les batailles mais aussi recensées les expressions historiques restées dans notre langage #ouvrage #livre #personnages #Histoire #France #Poitou #Clovis #DeGaulle #événements #aventures #batailles #expressions #historiques #langage #conférences #Journées #MontsSurGuesnes #auteur #Gersal #éditeur #Geste

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"Le pavillon des jouets et de ? - Magasin place de Gaulle" trouvé à Vernon (27). #sign #signs #signpainting #signpainter #signgeek #peintreenlettres #lettrespeintes #murpeint #enseigne #enseignes #vernon #eure #magasindejouets #storefront #vintage #vintagesign #vintagewall #flag #lettrage #lettering #handlettering #typographie #typography #ghostsign #ghostsigns #typehunter #jouets #degaulle #patrimoine (à Vernon, Eure)

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