Clemenceau, Georges
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Clemenceau, Georges (1841–1929) French statesman, journalist, premier (1906–09, 1917–20), and minister of war, nicknamed “the Tiger.” For several years before
World War I broke out, Clemenceau wrote against Germany and advocated French military preparedness. Becoming prime minister in 1917 after three years of war, Clemenceau restored France's morale and will to win, and advocated a unified allied command. After the armistice, he led the French delegation at the
Paris Peace Conference, where he pressed for German disarmament. He opposed President
Woodrow Wilson and
David Lloyd George's plans for a
League of Nations, preferring instead an anti-German alliance. He was dissatisfied with the
Treaty of Versailles, but succeeded in persuading Wilson to continue U.S. and Allied military occupation of the Rhineland.
Clemenceau regarded Wilson as too idealistic and is reported to have quipped about Wilson's
Fourteen Points, “The good Lord had only ten.”
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Waiting for Alzheimer's; a[euro]Oh to be seventy again.a[euro] - Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) French statesman (Remark on his eightieth birthday, noticing a pretty girl in the Champs ElysA[c]es). Ego 3.(If Symptoms Persist)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 3/16/2008; 700+ words
; Byline: Dr. Jose S. Pujalte Jr. WATCHING Senate hearings on nothing reminds me of senile dementia. Witnesses (genuine or otherwise) eventually show signs of progressive confusion, memory loss, and mental deterioration. In 1906, Alois Alzheimer, a German neurologist studied the brain of a woman who
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Toxic warship Clemenceau barred into India to be broken in UK.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 7/1/2008; 700+ words
; Toxic warship Clemenceau barred into India to be broken in...obsolete French aircraft carrier Clemenceau. Whose entry into India for dismantling...France's World War I prime minister Georges Clemenceau, the ship was a subject of protracted...
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Shrimp Clemenceau
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/2/2008; 659 words
; Shrimp Clemenceau 4 or 5 servings Chicken was the original...creation, presumed to be the namesake of Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929), a French statesman...its name from his grandson, Pierre Clemenceau, who was a New Orleans bon vivant...
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IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO1929: Clemenceau Dies at 88
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 11/24/2004; 254 words
; ...Tribune 11-24-2004 PARIS: Georges Clemenceau, wartime Premier of France...inevitable call of death. M. Clemenceau died as Dr. Laubry was hastening...said: ''It is all over. M. Clemenceau is dead.'' 2004 Copyright...
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Clemenceau: Portrait d'un homme libre.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Biography; 9/22/2005; 446 words
; Clemenceau, Georges Clemenceau: Portrait d'un homme libre. Jean-Noel Jeanneney. Paris: Ed. Menges, "Destins," 2005. 192 pp. Eur25. The author deals as much with the private man as with the political animal. He does not claim to...
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Le Clemenceau factfile.
Newspaper article from: Hartlepool Mail (Hartlepool, England); 7/2/2008; 430 words
; THE Clemenceau is affectionately known as Le Clem. The vessel is 714ft long with...Health and Safety Executive to import it. The vessel is named after Georges Clemenceau and it was built in the Brest shipyard. It was launched on December...
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The character of wartime statesmen: Eliot Cohen discusses what made Lincoln, Clemenceau, Churchill and Ben-Gurion effective wartime leaders and analyzes how President George W. Bush stacks up.(Interview)
Magazine article from: Insight on the News; 5/13/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, French leader Georges Clemenceau and World War I, Winston Churchill as Britain's...four case studies of great wartime leaders Lincoln, Clemenceau, Churchill and Ben-Gurion to discuss an alternative...
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FORGET CLEMENCEAU.(Editorial)(Editorial)(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO); 8/30/2001; 666 words
; ...Charles W. Chapman began his unusual opinion with the well-known quotation from France's World War I premier, Georges Clemenceau: "War is much too serious to leave to the generals." Similarly, Judge Chapman said, families are too important...
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L'Affaire Dreyfus: L'Iniquitie.
Magazine article from: Partisan Review; 6/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; By Georges Clemenceau. Memoire du Livre. 159 francs. EVERY SO OFTEN FRANCE PRODUCES...obvious examples; in politics, there is the Tiger, sobriquet of Georges Clemenceau, a physician by training who, after a very American career as...
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Reconstruction, impeachment through Gallic eyes.(Saturday)(The Civil War)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 1/23/1999; ; 700+ words
; Georges Clemenceau is known to Americans, vaguely, as...Woodrow Wilson. The better informed know Clemenceau as a Socialist member of the Chamber...opponent with pen, tongue or sword. Clemenceau had the born epigrammatist's talent...
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Georges Clemenceau
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Georges Clemenceau The French statesman Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) was twice premier of France, in 1906...the French delegation to the Paris Peace Conference. Georges Clemenceau was born on Sept. 28, 1841, at Mouilleron-en...
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Clemenceau, Georges
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Clemenceau, Georges (1841–1929) French statesman...years before World War I broke out, Clemenceau wrote against Germany and advocated...in 1917 after three years of war, Clemenceau restored France's morale and will...
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Clemenceau, Georges (Eugène Benjamin)
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Clemenceau, Georges (Eugène Benjamin) (1841–1929) French statesman, Prime Minister (1906–09; 1917–...
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Georges Picquart
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Georges Picquart , 1854-1914, French general. As chief of the army intelligence...served to absolve Picquart, who was promoted to general and entered Georges Clemenceau's cabinet as minister of war.
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Georges Ernest Boulanger
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Georges Ernest Boulanger , 1837-91, French general and reactionary politician...commander of French troops in Tunisia. A protégé of Georges Clemenceau, the radical republican leader, he was appointed minister of war in...
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