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The Brilliant Book on De Gaulle

Julian Jackson
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The Brilliant Book on De Gaulle by Julian Jackson comes up on The Rest Is History, with transcript quotes, timestamps, and episode context.

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I think Julian Jackson, who I think is probably the best English language historian of modern France, author of the brilliant book on de Gaulle, he points out that one of the things that really happened in France, away from the universities, away from the kind of the eyes of the newspaper, is that that economic miracle had been, as in Italy and other places, had been fueled by the movement of vast numbers of people who had previously been peasants into the cities.

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353: Paris 1968: The Students' Revolt (Part 1) on The Rest Is History
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The host mentions 'The Brilliant Book on De Gaulle' to highlight Julian Jackson's insights into the socio-economic conditions in France during the 1968 protests. The book provides a deeper understanding of how the economic miracle and the movement of people influenced the political landscape at that time.

The Brilliant Book on De Gaulle by Julian Jackson most often appears in conversations about French student protests.

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The host mentions 'The Brilliant Book on De Gaulle' to highlight Julian Jackson's insights into the socio-economic conditions in France during the 1968 protests. The book provides a deeper understanding of how the economic miracle and the movement of people influenced the political landscape at that time.

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353: Paris 1968: The Students' Revolt (Part 1) on The Rest Is History is one of the clearest indexed episodes that mentioned The Brilliant Book on De Gaulle by Julian Jackson. The first indexed transcript timestamp lands at 35:48.

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The host mentions 'The Brilliant Book on De Gaulle' to highlight Julian Jackson's insights into the socio-economic conditions in France during the 1968 protests. The book provides a deeper understanding of how the economic miracle and the movement of people influenced the political landscape at that time. It most often appears in conversations about French student protests.

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Julian Jackson, who I think is probably the best English language historian of modern France, author of the brilliant book on de Gaulle.

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Key quote: I think Julian Jackson, who I think is probably the best English language historian of modern France, author of the brilliant book on de Gaulle, he points out that one of the things that really happened in France, away from the universities, away from the kind of the eyes of the newspaper, is that that economic miracle had been, as in Italy and other places, had been fueled by the movement of vast numbers of people who had previously been peasants into the cities.
The host mentions 'The Brilliant Book on De Gaulle' to highlight Julian Jackson's insights into the socio-economic conditions in France during the 1968 protests. The book provides a deeper understanding of how the economic miracle and the movement of people influenced the political landscape at that time.