{"product_id":"de-gaulle-9780674241459","title":"de Gaulle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Duff Cooper Prize\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this definitive biography of the mythic general who refused to accept the Nazi domination of France, Julian Jackson captures Charles de Gaulle as never before. Drawing on unpublished letters, memoirs, and papers from the recently opened de Gaulle archive, he shows how this volatile visionary of staunch faith and conservative beliefs infuriated Churchill, challenged American hegemony, recognized the limitations of colonial ambitions in Algeria and Vietnam, and put a broken France back at the center of world affairs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"With a fluent style and near-total command of existing and newly available sources...Julian Jackson has come closer than anyone before him to demystifying this conservative at war with the status quo, for whom national interests were inseparable from personal honor.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Richard Norton Smith, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A sweeping-yet-concise introduction to the most brilliant, infuriating, and ineffably French of men.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Ross Douthat, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Classically composed and authoritative...Jackson writes wonderful political history.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Adam Gopnik, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A remarkable book in which the man widely chosen as the Greatest Frenchman is dissected, intelligently and lucidly, then put together again in an extraordinary fair-minded, highly readable portrait. Throughout, the book tells a thrilling story.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Antonia Fraser, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Makes awesome reading, and is a tribute to the fascination of its subject, and to Jackson's mastery of it...A triumph, and hugely readable.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Max Hastings, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJackson, Julian:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Julian Jackson is Professor of History at Queen Mary University of London and one of the foremost experts on twentieth-century France. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eFrance: The Dark Years, 1940-1944\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize, and his celebrated \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of France\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Wolfson History Prize.","brand":"Belknap Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50556315435282,"sku":"9780674241459","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c58fac13-771b-4730-9ee4-5bd5af1e13d4.jpg?v=1737237384","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/de-gaulle-9780674241459","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}