Three Ends of Reign by Henri Amouroux - Digital Edition

Henri Amouroux's analysis of three ends of reign that marked contemporary France.

De Gaulle, Mitterrand, Chirac: The Twilight of Power

This essential work explores:

• General de Gaulle: The end of the Gaullist reign and the 1969 referendum
• François Mitterrand: The final years of the socialist president and his illness
• Jacques Chirac: The decline of Chiraquism and the end of an era
• Power and its fragility: How great men face their decline
• The Fifth Republic: Presidential transitions and their stakes
• Political legacy: What each president left to France
• Collective memory: How France remembers its leaders
• Lessons from History: Reflections on power and its inevitable end

Henri Amouroux, historian of World War II, turns his keen eye to three presidential ends of reign. Essential analysis for understanding how great statesmen face the twilight of their power and the legacy they leave to the nation.

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