De Gaulle (Profiles In Power)

De Gaulle (Profiles In Power) by Shennan, Andrew. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780582009677.

If any modern democratic leader has believed in the "great man theory of history and acted self-consciously in accordance with it, it was surely de Gaulle. On both occasions when he came to power it was in his own right, as a ``providential figure, not as the representative of a political or social movement. In office, his wielding of power was, by modern standards, remarkably personal; and his impact on France, and on Europe, was immense. He is a natural subject for Profiles in Power.