The De Gaulle Gambit

The author begs to dissent: De Gaulle, he says, does understand the Communist threat. That is why he hopes to build a united, nuclear-armed Europe strong enough to shape its own destiny.

After his colossal victory in the election of November 18/25, Charles de Gaulle bestrides France as no individual leader has done since the fall of Louis Napoleon. The century-long game of musical chairs, which seated a new government every nine months on average, has ended. A French regime now rests on a solid majority in the Assembly instead of a patched-up coalition. President de Gaulle is master in his house.

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The author begs to dissent: De Gaulle, he says, does understand the Communist threat. That is why he hopes to build a united, nuclear-armed Europe strong enough to shape its own destiny.

After his colossal victory in the election of November 18/25, Charles de Gaulle bestrides France as no individual leader has done since the fall of Louis Napoleon. The century-long game of musical chairs, which seated a new government every nine months on average, has ended. A French regime now rests on a solid majority in the Assembly instead of a patched-up coalition. President de Gaulle is master in his house.