Gaullism And The “Machiavellian Left”

On February 15,1963 the arrest of several army officers and their accomplices aborted a new attempt on the life of General de Gaulle; the eighth such attempt since he took power on May 14, 1958.

Go back to the remotest period of French history; you will find no statesman whose existence has been the object of such precise and repeated threats. Nor has there ever been in France a regime so threatened in the person of its leader, yet enjoying so much continuity and staying-power. And wha...