Table of Contents
List of Illustrations vii
Acknowledgements xiii
Maps xv
Introduction xxix
Part 1 De Gaulle before 'De Gaulle', 1890-1940
1 Beginnings, 1890-1908 3
2 'A Regret That will Never Leave Me', 1908-1918 28
3 Rebuilding a Career, 1919-1932 47
4 Making a Mark, 1932-1939 71
5 The Battle of France, September 1939-June 1940 97
Part 2 Exile, 1940-1944
6 Rebellion, 1940 125
7 Survival, 1941 160
8 Inventing Gaullism 186
9 On the World Stage, September 1941-June 1942 201
10 Fighting France, July-October 1942 224
11 Power Struggles, November 1942-November 1943 244
12 Building a State in Exile, July 1943-May 1944 279
13 Liberation, June-August 1944 310
Part 3 In and Out of Power, 1944-1958
14 In Power, August 1944-May 1945 335
15 From Liberator to Saviour, May 1945-December 1946 368
16 The New Messiah, 1947-1955 393
17 In the 'Desert', 1955-1958 428
18 The 18 Brumaire of Charles de Gaulle, February-June 1958 453
19 Président du Conseil, June-December 1958 477
Part 4 Republican Monarch, 1959-1965
20 'This Affair Which Absorbs and Paralyses Us', 1959-1962 509
21 Turning Point, 1962 546
22 The Pursuit of Grandeur, 1959-1963 564
23 Going Global, 1963-1964 597
24 Modernizing Monarch, 1959-1964 616
25 Half-Time, 1965 645
Part 5 Towards the End, 1966-1970
26 Upsetting the Applecart, 1966-1967 671
27 Diminishing Returns 693
28 Revolution, 1968 709
29 The End, June 1968-November 1970 738
30 Myth, Legacy and Achievement 762
Bibliographical Note 779
Biographies 790
Notes 818
Index 871