It is normal in the English-speaking world to describe General Charles de Gaulle in negative terms. Arrogant, vain, ungrateful and dictatorial are some of the epithets used to describe the obscure French Army officer who in 1940 refused to accept defeat and, after helping the Allies crush Germany, went on to become president of France and founder of the Fifth…
Daniel Stoffman
Daniel Stoffman, author or co-author of eleven books, studied international relations at the London School of Economics and has lived in France.