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354: Paris 1968: The Return of De Gaulle (Part 2)

July 27, 2023

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Charles de Gaulle was a war hero in the First World War, and, having refused to accept his government’s armistice with Nazi Germany, became the voice of the French Resistance during the Second...
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Books Referenced

De Gaulle

Author: Julian Jackson

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Context:

Referenced as 'de Gaulle's biographer' and 'julian jackson de gaulle's biographer' when discussing de Gaulle's state of 'apocalyptic despair' on the night of May 28th and later when discussing the turning of the tide. This refers to Jackson's biography of Charles de Gaulle.

Discipline and Punish

Author: Michel Foucault

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Context:

Explicitly mentioned as Foucault's book ('his book discipline and punish as it's translated into english and it comes out in 1975') when discussing how Foucault analyzed state surveillance and the panopticon concept after the failure of the 1968 protests.