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Jean Lacouture was born in Bordeaux, France.
( “A thorough, splendid account of the great political dr...)
“A thorough, splendid account of the great political dramatist, the very conscious creator of his own legend. . . . Balanced, indispensable.” ―Fritz Stern, Foreign Affairs The second volume of Jean Lacouture’s acclaimed biography of Charles de Gaulle opens with the creation of the Fourth Republic in the aftermath of World War II and with the election of de Gaulle―the voice of Free France, the savior of the nation in war―as president of France. But the internal contradictions of the new constitution soon forced de Gaulle to resign, leaving France to a succession of short-lived and generally ineffective coalition governments. In 1958, with the outbreak of the bitter colonial war in Algeria, destiny beckoned again. De Gaulle offered himself as a mediator and in short order became president of the Council of Ministers, then president of the Firth Republic.
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Charisma: a style, an image, a political tool; product of 20th-century communications technology and the oldest skills of the politician; the catalytic factor in the rise (or fall) of four of the world's most complex and fascinating modern political leaders. This is Lacouture's most important book since Vietnam: Between Two Truces. Probing deeply into the philosophical roots of the concept of charisma, Lacouture fully grasps its nature and its workings. First, with careful documentation and intensive analysis, he draws on the writings of Max Weber, as well as on the more heterodox teachings of the East, to flesh out a framework through which the student of modern politics can better view the historical development of charisma into a universally used, generic political device. Then, utilizing both general research and intensified observation of four particular subjects, he demonstrates in extended and acute profiles how charisma has been employed by Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein (1918-1970, perhaps its most skillful practitioner, who miraculously turned the crushing national defeat of the Six-Day War into a great personal triumph; Habib Bourguiba (1903-2000), President of Tunisia, who seems to have mastered the tactics and strategy of charismatic leadership despite the continually deteriorating political situation in his country; 3) Cambodia's Norodom Sihanouk (1922-2012, ostensibly the most effortless successful charismatic leader of all, until the March 1970 coup showed the fragility of his reign and the shortcomings of the personality approach to governess; and Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972), who personally led Ghana from colony to independent republic, consolidated all of government into his own private domain, and then overplayed and abused his privilege until his overthrow in 1966. The Demigods is a major consideration of a central modern political phenomenon. Extensive index.
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This second volume of Lacouture's acclaimed biography of Charles de Gaulle closes the circle on one of the most remarkable political lives of the 20th century. The book opens with the aftermath of World War II and de Gaulle's election as France's president, continuing through his resignation and return to power. Photographs.
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This is a biography of Charles de Gaulle evaluating him as a leader and statesman and providing a record of his life. This volume, the first of two (condensed from the original three volumes in the French edition), follows his rise to power and closes with the liberation of Paris in 1944. The author is a former foreign affairs correspondent for "Le Monde" and is a contributor to "Nouvel Observateur" and a well-known political journalist for French radio, television and press.
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"Destined to become a classic of Jesuit studies". Kirkus ReviewsJean Lacouture's "multibiography" follows five hundred years of world history, dramatically portraying the priests of the Society of Jesus as remarkable individuals who flourished and struggled through changing times. Lacouture adds powerful brush-strokes to existing portraits of the men whose global humanism continues to mark our civilization.
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Jean Lacouture's monumental life of Charles de Gaulle has been hailed in France as one of the supreme works of contemporary biography: a meticulous and moving record of de Gaulle's life, and a sympathetic but even-handed evaluation of a great leader and statesman. Photographs.
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Jean Lacouture was born in Bordeaux, France.
He was particularly famous for his biographies. He began his career in journalism in 1950 in Combat as diplomatic redactor. He joined Le Monde in 1951.
In 1953, he worked in Cairo for France Soir, before returning to Le Monde as director for the overseas services, and grand reporter (one of the highest titles in French journalism) until 1975.
He worked for the Nouvel Observateur, and L"Histoire. Lacouture was also director for publication at Seuil, one of the main French publishers, from 1961 to 1982, and professor at the IEP of Paris between 1969 and 1972.
He was mainly known to the public because of his biographies, including the lives of Ho Chi Minh, Nasser,,, François Mauriac, Pierre Mendès France, Mitterrand, Montesquieu, Montaigne, Malraux, Germaine Tillion, Champollion, Rivière, Stendhal and A dedicated music lover, Lacouture was also president of a society of devotees of Georges Bizet.
In 2015 he died in Roussillon, France.
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(Charisma: a style, an image, a political tool; product of...)
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( “A thorough, splendid account of the great political dr...)
("Destined to become a classic of Jesuit studies". Kirkus ...)
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Politically engaged on the Left, Lacouture supported decolonisation, and Mitterrand from 1981. He is interviewed in the 1968 documentary film about the Vietnam War entitled In the Year of the Pig.