Charles de Gaulle is one of the greatest figures of twentieth century history. If Sir Winston Churchill was (in the words of Harold Macmillan) the "greatest Englishman In history", then Charles de Gaulle was without a doubt, the greatest Frenchman since Napoleon Bonaparte. Why so? In the early summer of 1940, when France was overrun by German troops, one jun ... Show More
Aug 9
Megan Brown, "The Seventh Member State: Algeria, France, and the European Community" (Harvard UP, 2022)
In The Seventh Member State: Algeria, France, and the European Community (Harvard University Press, 2022), Dr. Megan Brown details the surprising story of how Algeria joined and then left the postwar European Economic Community and what its past inclusion means for extracontinent ... Show More
1h 4m
Jul 6
Margaret Cook Andersen, "Fertile Expectations: The Politics of Involuntary Childlessness in Twentieth-Century France" (Manchester UP, 2025)
An engaging history of motherhood, demography, and infertility in twentieth-century France, Fertile expectations: The politics of involuntary childlessness in twentieth-century France (Manchester University Press, 2025) by Dr. Margaret Andersen explores fraught political and cult ... Show More
42m 35s
Jul 2
Patrick Luiz Sullivan De Oliveira, "Ascending Republic: The Ballooning Revival in Nineteenth-Century France" (MIT Press, 2025)
On August 27, 1783, a large crowd gathered in Paris to watch the first ascent of a hydrogen balloon. Despite the initial feverish enthusiasm, by the mid-nineteenth century the balloon remained relatively unchanged and was no longer seen as the harbinger of a new era. Yet that all ... Show More
1h 13m
Jan 2025
Comment la guerre de 1914 a changé la société française, avec Antoine Prost [1/3]
Faites un don et recevez un cadeau : http://don.storiavoce.com/ La Grande Guerre met fin à la période de relative insouciance de la Belle Epoque, celle de tous les possibles. Le tragique de l'Histoire a repris ses droits, marquant durablement une société française qui ne cesse d' ... Show More
22m 29s
Jul 2024
469. The Road to The Great War: Countdown to Armageddon (Part 1)
By the end of July 1914, the world hovered on the edge of a cataclysmic world war; Austria was at war with Serbia, Russia with Germany, and an ultimatum had been handed to Belgium. The July crisis had resolved itself in the most calamitous way possible. But how did this state of ... Show More
50m 40s
Aug 2024
Comment le Général De Gaulle a-t-il échappé à la mort ?
Depuis le début de la guerre d'Algérie, en 1954, les gouvernements de la IVe République devaient faire face à une crise coloniale majeure. Les partisans de l'Algérie française avaient salué, en 1958, l'arrivée au pouvoir du général de Gaulle, en qui ils voyaient leur plus ferme s ... Show More
2m 8s
Jul 2024
472. The Road to The Great War: Britain's Fateful Choice (Part 4)
On the 24th of July 1914, in London, the Liberal British Cabinet met to hear the Foreign Secretary, Sir Edward Grey, read them the Ultimatum handed to Serbia by the Austro-Hungarian Empire the day before. The world held its breath, awaiting Serbia’s response. With Germany determi ... Show More
55m 45s