- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (20 Oct 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0230110819
- ISBN-13: 978-0230110816
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.7 x 2.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,315,981 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A succinct biography." -- "The Washington Times" "Michael Haskew has again shown his skills as a researcher and writer in this succinct biography of a controversial commander. Haskew refuses to let either De Gaulle or the reader off the hook with his lucid examinations of a turbulent time and man. This is the place to start for any understanding of the French leader."--John Wukovits, author of "One Square Mile of Hell" and "Eisenhower"
"Michael E. Haskew's succinct new biography of Charles de Gaulle demonstrates persuasively how, from his time as a young soldier, the French leader prepared himself for greatness as if certain that one day he would be called on to 'save' France. Indeed, one of the many strengths of this riveting book is that it rescues de Gaulle from the historical thicket to highlight the man before the myth, a man of personality, patriotism and principle before he became a man of power."--Alan Riding, author of "And The Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris"
"Charles DeGaulle is one of the forgotten giants of World War II. His complex, contentious personality made him at once a towering hero to the French people and a haughty, irritating thorn in the side of the Allies--the self-proclaimed leader of the Free French forces and a French government-in-exile who refused to be ignored and who continually tried to interject himself into plans for the liberation of his native land. Michael Haskew's brilliant portrait of the man rescues him from the shadows of time to shed new light on the many facets of his forceful, sometimes frustratingly overbearing, personality--facets that have unfortunately been ignored for the past half century."--Flint Whitlock, Editor, "WWII Quarterly "and author of "Rock of Anzio" and "The Beasts of Buchenwald"
"Mike Haskew's concise but penetrating biography of Charles de Gaulle restores the often-exasperating Frenchman to his proper place as one of the towering figures of World War II, a man whose lonely gra
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Charles de Gaulle once stated, 'France has no friends, only interests,' and it was this strength of mind and love of country that took France from an occupied territory during WWII to a leader in the Allied cause. Michael Haskew takes us on a journey to understand the man who remade both modern military tactics and global leadership.
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27 April 2012
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I was looking forward to this book but found it wanting. I think the greatest problem was the brevity. De Gualle warranted more of a book. I was also disappointed that items I'd picked up from other sources were not included. It is possible, of course, that some of them were in error but several of them were indeed widely published and researched. I also missed his collaborations with Philippe LeClerc, who was another towering figure and might have, in the postwar years, eclipsed even de Gualle had he not died in a crash.
Much of the content seems to be held at a distance, making me treasure those all too few occasions when a scene was brilliantly illuminated, as when he crossed words with Churchill's wife -- before becoming a lifelong friend.
Much of the content seems to be held at a distance, making me treasure those all too few occasions when a scene was brilliantly illuminated, as when he crossed words with Churchill's wife -- before becoming a lifelong friend.
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