TY - BOOK AU - Jackson,Julian TI - A Certain Idea of France: The Life Of Charles De Gaulle SN - 9780141049533 PY - 2019/// CY - London, UK PB - Penguin N1 - Tertiary/Undergraduate; General N2 - Now in paperback. In six weeks in 1940, France's armies were decisively beaten by Germany. A junior French general, refusing to accept defeat, made his way to England. On 18 June he spoke to his compatriots on the BBC, urging them rally to him in London. Through that broadcast, Charles de Gaulle entered into history ER -