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Gaullism [ˈgəʊlɪzəm ˈgɔː-] n 1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the conservative French nationalist policies and principles associated with General Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), the French general and statesman 2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a political movement founded on and supporting General de Gaulle's principles and policies Gaullism 1. the principles and policies of Charles de Gaulle during World War II in support of the Free French and opposed to the Vichy regime. See also: Politics
2. the political principles, chiefly conservative and nationalistic, of de Gaulle as French president, 1959-69. — Gaullist, n., adj. Translations Gaullism n → Gaullismus m How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The argument in Europe, he suggests, will be about how to respond to America, with a choice between a new form of Gaullism that seeks to build an independent European superpower and a renewed effort to restore a modified form of the traditional Cold War Atlanticism. Judt's failure to do so is explained in part by his too ready identification of Gaullism with illiberalism and authoritarianism. For they had in mind the needs of a specific segment of France's postwar reconstruction culture: the art world's elitist bourgeois consumers, whose political leanings seem to have oscillated between a nostalgic royalism and authoritarian, antidemocratic impulses eventually absorbed by Gaullism. |
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