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Political Leadership in France: From Charles de Gaulle to Nicolas Sarkozy (French Politics, Society and Culture)

✍ Scribed by John Gaffney


Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Leaves
271
Series
French Politics, Society and Culture
Category
Library

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✦ Synopsis


Gaffney analyzes how de Gaulle came to power in 1958: The drama surrounding the Fourth Republic's collapse, and the focus upon an exceptional individual meant that de Gaulle was able to confer a particular style of leadership on the Fifth Republic. The five Presidents who came after him have each capitalized on their own political 'persona.'


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