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Churchill and de Gaulle : the geopolitics of liberty / Will Morrisey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morrisey, Will, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
- Churchill, Winston.
- Geopolitics.
- History.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--20th century.
- Great Britain.
- International relations.
- Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970.
- Gaulle, Charles de.
- France--Foreign relations--20th century.
- France.
- Geopolitics--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Geopolitics--France--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- x, 435 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
- Summary:
- This powerful book provides a nuanced comparison of Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle as they thought, spoke, and acted through two world wars and the subsequent Cold War. Will Morrisey frames geopolitics as the realm of necessity, and his book will help those who want to learn the art of statesmanship from two of its most accomplished practitioners. Both leaders understood their supreme task to be the protection of their citizens as civil or political beings who should not be subject to tyranny. Although geopolitics focuses the attention of statesmen on political realities, Churchill and de Gaulle showed how moral principle and prudence can continue to widen the scope of human liberty. Although the world is vastly different today, this nuanced book shows how thinking along with these giants of the twentieth century as they responded to the crises of their own time will make us more thoughtful citizens now and in the future. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction: what is the geopolitics of liberty?
- The greatness of Great Britain
- The grandeur of France
- The geopolitics of Great Britain
- The geopolitics of France
- How Churchill understood the geopolitics of the First World War
- How de Gaulle understood the geopolitics of the First World War
- How Churchill understood the geopolitics of the Second World War
- How de Gaulle understood the geopolitics of the Second World War
- How Churchill understood the geopolitics of the Cold War
- How de Gaulle understood the geopolitics of the Cold War.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781442241190
- 1442241195
- OCLC:
- 880566137
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