The Call to Honour, 1940-1942
By Charles De Gaulle
Reviewed by Henry L. Roberts
Viking, 1955, 319 pp.
The first installment of these memoirs covers the years from the fall of France to the middle of 1942. Important as a contribution to the history of France and of the Second World War, the book is also a literary achievement which fully reflects the dimensions of this proud and able leader: "France cannot be France without greatness." The translation also comes in two volumes ($10.00), of which the second is "Documents." The documents are included in the original one-volume French edition, "Mémoires. I: L'Appel, 1940-1942" (Paris: Plon, 1954, 680 p. Fr. 1200).
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