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General De Gaulle and his Enemies: Antigaullism in France Since 1940

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2009

Julian Jackson
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On the centenary of General de Gaulle's birth in November 1990, hundreds of historians, politicians and statesmen gathered in Paris to discuss his life. Their deliberations were published in seven volumes running to several thousand pages. The participants included former opponents who now declared themselves ‘posthumous Gaullists’ or ‘remorseful’ ones. The whole occasion seemed to fulfil André Malraux's prediction: ‘Everyone is, has been or will become Gaullist.’ Of those who were not, never had been, or would never become Gaullist, little was said.

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Transactions of the Royal Historical Society , Volume 9 , December 1999 , pp. 43 - 65
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Copyright © Royal Historical Society 1999

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