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What did the General have in mind when he said: ‘Je vous ai compris’?

Douglas Johnson

  • A Les Trósors Retrouvós de la 'Revue des deux Mondes' edited by Jeanne Causse and Bruno de Cessole
  • La Guerre d’Algórie par les Documents. Vol. II: Les Portes de la Guerre, 10 Mars 1946 à 31 Dócembre 1954 edited by Jean-Charles Jauffret
  • De Gaulle et L’Algóerie: Mon Tómoinage 1960-62 by Jean Morin

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Douglas Johnson is Emeritus Professor of French History at University College London and a senior member of the Franco-British Council.

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