De Gaulle: The Ruler 1945-1970

“A thorough, splendid account of the great political dramatist, the very conscious creator of his own legend. . . . Balanced, indispensable.” —Fritz Stern, Foreign Affairs The second volume of Jean Lacouture’s acclaimed biography of Charles de Gaulle opens with the creation of the Fourth Republic in the aftermath of World War II and with the election of de Gaulle—the voice of Free France, the savior of the nation in war—as president of France. But the internal contradictions of the new cons...