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‘His main quarrel was with President Roosevelt: “his will to power cloaked itself in idealism.” Distrust was mutual. Roosevelt suspected de Gaulle of being an aspiring dictator.’
David Todd on Charles de Gaulle’s nationalism.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Todd on Charles de Gaulle’s nationalism.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Todd · Codename Resurrection: De Gaulle makes a comeback
‘He had one illusion – France; and one disillusion – mankind, including Frenchmen.’ John Maynard Keynes’s...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
‘His main quarrel was with President Roosevelt: “his will to power cloaked itself in idealism.” Distrust was mutual. Roosevelt suspected de Gaulle of being an aspiring dictator.’
David Todd on Charles de Gaulle’s nationalism.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Todd on Charles de Gaulle’s nationalism.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...