AmRen - Gregory Hood Reviews 'De Gaulle' by Julian Jackson - He knew the French were a people, not an idea. - De Gaulle's declaration that Muslims were “not French” - Image: From de Gaulle to de Goofball --tma

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This biography of Charles de Gaulle by Julian Jackson prompted both the conservative Federalist and the leftist New Statesman to run articles called “How Charles de Gaulle Made France Great Again.” The general supposedly reconciled the political tribes of Left and Right into a “certain idea of France.” In Conrad Black’s words, he “settled the ancient argument between the monarchists and the republicans by creating a monarchy and calling it a republic.” He gave the French a myth of victory in World War II and disguised the country’s decline through a foreign policy of grandeur. With American identity fragmenting, Ross Douthat pleads for “A de Gaulle of Our Own.” 

Yet de Gaulle would have no place in France today. He knew that the French were a people, not an idea. ...

https://www.amren.com/features/2019/06/charles-de-gaulle-and-the-idea-of-france/