HIST 276: France Since 1871
Lecture 22 - Charles De Gaulle. Charles de Gaulle's importance in postwar French political life was matched by his importance in the nation's collective imagination. This authority was consciously contrived by de Gaulle, who wished to bear upon his figurative body the will of the French people to maintain the power of their nation in the face of a political environment characterized by the opposition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Ultimately, de Gaulle's symbolic originality proved more lasting than his political innovations. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 22 - Charles De Gaulle |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. Current Unrest in the Parisian Suburbs: Villiers-le-Bel, December 2007 |
| [00:04:48] | 2. The Death of Charles de Gaulle: Legacy of French Nation |
| [00:11:22] | 3. De Gaulle and the Napoleons: The Republican Monarchy |
| [00:26:03] | 4. Maintaining French Greatness in the Cold War World: Third World Influence and ... Military Independence |
| [00:39:32] | 5. A Man above: The Stylistic Unity of de Gaulle |
| References |
| Lecture 22 - Charles De Gaulle Instructor: Professor John Merriman. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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