On the surface at least, the Gaullist régime in France now looks substantially stronger than before the May crisis. The June elections gave General de Gaulle and his then Prime Minister, Georges ...
The Centurions clearly sides with the army (against Gaullist-Louisism): for M. Larteguy, the revivification of the French army has a much more specific ideological purpose than re-capturing la gloire.
At the time of the election campaign, France had a divided government, with a right-wing Gaullist president, Jacques Chirac, elected in 1995, and a Socialist Party majority in parliament ...
Despite generating 70 percent of its electricity from nuclear power, France has allowed other energy-rich nations to obtain ownership interests in key French sectors.
A Certain Idea of France: French Security Policy and Gaullist Legacy Phillip H. Gordon As France begins to confront the new challenges of the post-Cold War era, the time has come to examine how French ...
Timothy Garton Ash, In Europe's Name: Germany and the Divided Continent; Julius Friend, The Long Presidency, France in the Mitterrand Years; Phillip Gordon, A Certain Idea of France: French Security ...
He was there to collect funds for the approaching French presidential election on behalf of the centre-right Gaullist candidate Jacques Chirac, who was mayor of Paris at the time. Who should then ...
Exactly what damage the secret army which it maintains would be capable of causing in time of war no one knows. Most observers have up to now looked upon the Gaullist movement as the opposite extreme.