This book is the memoir of Maurice Challe, a senior French Air Force general, which describes his role in the political and military crisis surrounding the Algerian War of Independence and his involvement in the 1961 “Putsch des Généraux” (generals' coup). Challe outlines the moral, political, and strategic reasons that led his group to oppose the French government's policy on Algeria. Th…
This book is an investigative work by J.-R. Tournoux, examining the life, political role, and conflicts surrounding a key general in modern French history. Using a documentary approach, Tournoux explores the political events, intrigues, and personal tragedies that shaped his journey. This book presents an in-depth look at the dynamics of power in 20th-century France, written by one of France's …
For much of the twentieth century, the main fault line of Western Europe's political landscape has run between left and right, between those wanting more planning, state control and redistribution of wealth, and those want- ing less. By the 1990s, however, the left had accepted much of the right's free-market philosophy. Only fine gradations separated their economic policies.