The Gaullist Era: De Gaulle’s Vision for a Sovereign France
The year is 1958. France, a nation still reeling from the scars of two world wars and grappling with the messy realities of decolonization, found itself on the precipice. The Fourth Republic, a fragile experiment in parliamentary democracy, was teetering, unable to effectively address the escalating crisis in Algeria. Into this maelstrom stepped a figure … Read more