24-05-2010, 06:33 AM
Don't know of any books specifically devoted to that relationship Paul, but Arthur Schlesinger Jr's 'A Thousand Days' contains several references to their relationship.
JFK was concerned that De Gaulle's late conversion to the cause of Algerian independence had made him unpopular with certain sections of the French military and the OAS. Even though De Gaulle refused the offer of military assistance and the coup fizzled out anyway, I don't agree with the author (Hartley's) categorisation of this as an 'extraordinary blunder'.
JFK was concerned that De Gaulle's late conversion to the cause of Algerian independence had made him unpopular with certain sections of the French military and the OAS. Even though De Gaulle refused the offer of military assistance and the coup fizzled out anyway, I don't agree with the author (Hartley's) categorisation of this as an 'extraordinary blunder'.