De Gaulle’s years of exile gave him the detachment to time his return perfectly
Evidence
For de Gaulle these were years of contemplation and spiritual regeneration, comparable to St John the Baptist in the desert, Lenin in exile, Winston Churchill in the political wilderness of the 1930s, and Konrad Adenauer at the monastery of Maria Laachs as a refugee from Nazism. It was this detachment which was to enable him to time to perfection the moment when, as he phrased it, “I would release the deus ex machina, in other words make my entrance.” — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 851
Categorization
- XREF: Echoes the ‘wilderness years’ pattern of Churchill and Lenin that recurs in French political biography. — connects to: De Gaulle’s delayed return secured legitimacy and independence from the army — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 911; De Gaulle’s crisis leadership won him renewed special powers — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1139
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 851
Related
- De Gaulle’s delayed return secured legitimacy and independence from the army (similarity 0.84)
- De Gaulle’s crisis leadership won him renewed special powers (similarity 0.82)
- De Gaulle was willing to shed blood to preserve the state (similarity 0.82)
- De Gaulle demanded total replacement of the Fourth Republic as his price for returning. (similarity 0.79)
- De Gaulle shaped his Algeria policy during a three-week deliberative retreat (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- De Gaulle’s delayed return secured legitimacy and independence from the army
#expands(0.70) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 911 - De Gaulle’s crisis leadership won him renewed special powers
#corroborates(0.55) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1139