![]() For ten years after 1958 he was President of France's Fifth Republic, which he created and which endures to this day. But through sheer force of personality and bloody-mindedness he managed to have France recognised as one of the victorious Allies, occupying its own zone in defeated Germany. He was prickly, stubborn, aloof and self-contained. He insisted on being treated as the true embodiment of France, and quarrelled violently with Churchill and Roosevelt. ![]() 'Whatever happens, the flame of French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished.' At that moment, Charles de Gaulle entered into history.įor the rest of the war, de Gaulle frequently bit the hand that fed him. ![]() On 18 June he spoke to his compatriots over the BBC, urging them to rally to him in London. One little-known junior French general, refusing to accept defeat, made his way to England. The French government of Marshal Pétain sued for peace and signed an armistice. In six weeks in the early summer of 1940, France was over-run by German troops and quickly surrendered. an outstanding biography' Max Hastings, Sunday Times A first translation of a work written nearly 80 years ago and still of profound interest.Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize for History, the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, the American Library in Paris Award, the Franco-British Society Literary Prize and the Grand Prix de la Biographie Politique du TouquetĪ SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, SPECTATOR, FINANCIAL TIMES, TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR A book that informs about its subject and author, who had come to assess German affairs as a prisoner of war. "De Gaulle's early masterpiece: a brilliant account of the internal divisions in Germany that led to its defeat in 1918, focusing on the flawed character of its leaders, on the civilian-military conflicts, and on morale. Also very valuable for the French scholar because of the detailed and thoughtful introduction."- Society Thanks to the patient work of Robert Eden, the very beginning of de Gaulle's career as a moralist and a politician is now available to the English-reading public. "An indispensable document for studying the question of how a great leader comes into existence. "De Gaulle was a talented writer and historian, so his first book -clearly translated by Robert Eden-makes enjoyable reading."- International History Review Deserves careful reading by those who want a fascinating look into the 'house of the enemy.'"- Journal of Military History "Those interested in World War I and Charles de Gaulle should be grateful to Professor Robert Eden for his fine translation of de Gaulle's first book. This first English translation will be of great interest to all levels of readership."- Choice The editor's excellent translation and even better introduction and notes make this lucid and penetrating book particularly worthwhile-a gift to those interested in one of the most intriguing soldier-statesmen of the past century."- Foreign Affairs ![]() "A fascinating study of the relationship between high command and social cohesion, strategic choice and political intrigue. His first book, it is also a key document of de Gaulle's "philosophy of action," introducing his statesmanship to the world with its deliberate and studied critique of the perils of Nietzsche's philosophical initiative. His diagnosis of the profound moral crisis that unfolded in Germany during World War I points forward to 1940, for de Gaulle understood the fall of France, above all, as a moral catastrophe for the French. He seeks to identify the internecine causes of the collapse of the German war effort in 1918 and of the subsequent dissolution of the German Empire. To de Gaulle, the German conduct of the Great War and the debacle of 1918 was the greatest moral disaster ever to befall a modern civilized political community. Based partly on observations made during his internment as a prisoner of war from 1916 to 1918, it can be seen as the foundation for everything he wrote in the 1920s and 1930s in the shadow of German resurgence and for much of what he said and did after the Nazi victory in June of 1940. Originally published in 1924 and available here in English for the first time, The Enemy's House Divided is Charles de Gaulle's analysis of the major errors that led the Germans to disaster in World War I.
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