De Gaulle (Profiles In Power)

About this book

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.