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Charles de GaulleFrance, 1890 - 1970

President of France (1959-1969)

De Gaulle was a French military officer who led Free France against Nazi Germany during World War II. After the war, he worked to restore democracy to France, rewriting its constitution providing for a strong presidency for the Fifth Republic . He served as its president 1959-1969. During his presidency, he was critical of U.S. involvement in Vietnam and criticized the U.S. economic preeminence post World War II. De Gaulle resigned the presidency in 1969 and died about a year later after suffering an aneurysm. De Gaulle occupies a place of prominence in French and world history.

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And Good Luck, Kid!
1973.291.1
Draper Hill
ca. December 1969
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Better See DeGaulle Too
1973.436.1
Jack Jurden
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Nuclear Roulette
1966.64.128
Tom Flannery
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Ptui
1973.1.488
Warren King
ca. April 1968
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And We Almost Had It Bottled
1973.1.489
Bob Stevens
ca. July 1968
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Let's Ignore HIM
1966.64.22
Charles G. Brooks
ca. June 1966
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Oh! No! No! No!...
1965.28.263
Hugh Haynie
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Control Problem
1966.64.168
Karl Hubenthal
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We May Have to Change This Act...
1966.64.214
Guernsey LePelley
ca. February 1966
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I Want to Go Where You Go, Do What You Do...
1966.64.215
Guernsey LePelley
ca. December 1965
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What We Need, Alexei, Is a Bridge...
1973.1.1855
L. D. Warren
ca. December 1966
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It's a Lady!
1973.1.1822
Bob Stevens
ca. March 1967
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