De Gaulle (Profiles In Power)

If any modern democratic leader has believed in the "great man'' theory of history and acted self-consciously in accordance with it, it was surely de Gaulle. On both occasions when he came to power it was in his own right, as a ``providential figure'', not as the representative of a political or social movement. In office, his wielding of power was, by modern standards, remarkably personal; and his impact on France, and on Europe, was immense. He is a natural subject for Profiles in Power. 9781138837379 1138837377 0 France NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=GFyeoAEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api en

• • Author: Andrew Shennan
• • Publisher: Routledge
• • Publication Date: Dec 01, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 200 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1138837377
• • ISBN-13: 9781138837379