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De Gaulle
A01=Douglas Boyd
Author_Douglas Boyd
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Product details
- ISBN 9780750947640
- Dimensions: 156 x 325mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jun 2008
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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De Gaulle survived four turbulent years of the Second World War as the commander of the French forces. Despite this heroic role, US President Roosevelt preferred to deal with collaborators in occupied France, rather than the man who refused to surrender to Hitler. Roosevelt saw De Gaulle as a threat to America's plans for postwar Europe: France was to be occupied and run by a US-controlled military government, opening up her protected market to American big business. Defying the White House, De Gaulle became head of government in liberated France, but resigned when the politicians renewed their old games. In 1958, to save France from civil war, he was elected President of the Republic, and one of his first acts was to kick US forces out of France. Douglas Boyd's provocative account of how a great European fought to keep his nation free from American domination has an uncanny resonance with the continuing US interference in the affairs of other countries.
Douglas Boyd's lifelong interest in history first took a professional turn in the documentary reconstructions he scripted and directed during his years as a BBC TV producer. He has been a full-time author since making his home in south-west France 28 years ago. His published work for Sutton includes Eleanor: April Queen of Aquitaine (2003), The French Foreign Legion (2005) and Voices From The Dark Years (2006).
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