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The Last Great Frenchman: A Life of General De Gaulle.
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November 17, 1995|
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On the author's telling, the greatness of Charles De Gaulle lies "in his single-minded devotion to his country, and in his skill and strength in its service." More particularly, Charles Williams--whose day job as Deputy Leader of Her Majesty's Opposition is not something "le General" would have admired or even understood--is at pains to lay out De Gaulle's defense of his ideal of France during the war. To powerful effect, Williams cites the wife of a British general attached to the Free French by Churchill. Here is Mary Boren Spears's description of DeGaulle in July, 1940.
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