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A definitive biography of one of the twentieth century's most glamorous, complicated political figures.      Aesthete, sensualist, bookworm, politician of Machiavellian cunning: François Mitterrand was a man of exceptional gifts and exceptional flaws who, during his fourteen years as President, strove to drag his tradition-bound and change-averse country into the modern world.      As a statesman and as a human being, he was the incarnation of the mercurial, contrarian France which Britain and America find so perennially frustrating. He embodied the ambiguities and the contradictions of a nation whose modern identity is founded on a stubborn refusal to fit into the Anglo-American scheme of things. Yet he changed France more profoundly than any of his recent predecessors, arguably including even his great rival, Charles de Gaulle.     During the war he was both the leader of a resistance movement and decorated for services to the collaborationist regime in Vichy. After flirting with the far Right, he entered parliament with the backing of conservatives and the Catholic Church before becoming the undisputed leader of the Left. As President he brought the French Communists into the government the better to destroy them. And all the while he managed to find time for an extraordinarily complicated private life.     This is a human as much as a political biography, and a captivating portrait of a life that mirrored Mitterrand's times.

François Mitterrand was a controversial politician with a contested strategy and a flawed character. In spite of being one of France's most detested political figures, he was also undoubtedly one of twentieth century Europe's most substantial, durable and statesmanlike leaders. From his much-disputed passages at Vichy during WWII through the major policies of his presidency, Mitterrand's career is a lens through which one can view the anxieties, fears, and instabilities, as well as achievements and successes of contemporary French political history. In this first major political biography since his death, Ronald Tiersky looks at the contradiction that was Mitterrand and the legacy he left to France and the world. This promises to be the standard book on this great world leader for years to come."[Tiersky's] crisp, energetic narration gives both a sense of the biographer's fascination with his subject and an appreciation for the sheer breadth of Mitterrand's experience. " - Publishers Weekly

Francois Mitterrand was one of the giants of post-war French politics - a master tactician whose political career spanned more than four decades from wartime occupation to decolonization, the Cold War to European integration. As President, elected twice, he enjoyed an unprecedented fourteen years in office, bringing the left to power and demonstrating that it was a credible governing coalition over some ten years. When he died in 1998, Mitterrand left an enduring political legacy not only on the French domestic scene, but also in European and foreign affairs. In this pre-eminently accessible political biography, David Bell, offers a fascinating 'behind-the-scenes' analysis of the politics of Francois Mitterrand. Bringing together a wealth of material, Bell explores Mitterrand's political leadership and the techniques he used in attaining and wielding political power. Mitterrand's unusual journey from right to left, from the Third to the Fifth Republic is a story of ambition, manipulation and ideological fluidity, which provides a lens through which the entire political history of post-war France may be viewed. This engaging assessment of one man's contribution to an era of French and European politics will appeal to anyone interested in contemporary political leadership, French politics, history and European affairs.

R150216008. LE CHAPEAU DE MITTERRAND. 2012. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 211 pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 840.091-XX ème siècle

This is a two volume set, in a slip case. The second volume is titled "Maisons de Hammamet." Both volumes, in French, have multiple photographs - largely interior decoration.

(3-CD box set) Franois Mitterrand was the president of France from 1981-95. This set features 53 of his speeches in French: 1981: Allocution prononce l'Elyse. Fremeaux. 2006.

Dernier Jour D'un Condamne Mitterrand - CD 9782844681232

The political panorama of the French left was dramatically transformed in the 1970s by the rise of the Socialist Party, the decline of the Communists, and the loss of faith in Marxism. These changes, together with the lessened impact of the industrial proletariat and the problems presented by Mitterrand's sweeping Socialist victory in 1981, signalled a veritable turning point in modern French history. This new collection of essays offers a historical and political analysis of the history of labor, Socialism, and Communism in France since the Revolution, an analysis that is essential for understanding recent French political developments. Unlike most books, which treat labor, Socialist and Communist history separately and view French Marxism as a self-contained philosophical phenomenon, Marxism and the French Left offers a refreshingly different approach to the subject. Judt emphasizes the complex and interwoven themes that unify the topics of his essays to construct a distinctive and original interpretation of French left-wing politics over the past 150 years.

This book provides a clear, well-informed and highly illustrated guide to French history from the early Middle Ages to the Mitterrand presidency. It is the most up-to-date and comprehensive study of France available, based on a carefully structured synthesis and written in an entertaining style for the student and traveler. Alongside major themes such as state and society, the impact of war, and the use of political power, Roger Price includes studies of major figures including Louis XIV, the two Napoleons, Clemenceau and De Gaulle, providing a concise yet complete history of the country.

Depuis que son père est mort, Mazarine a perdu l’un de ses deux principaux témoins et acteurs de son enfance. Et tandis que les historiens et les journalistes continuent de s’approprier le personnage public de François Mitterrand, sa jeunesse, déroulée dans le secret le plus total auprès de cet homme, semble perdre peu à peu de sa réalité. Tout cela a-t-il bien existé? Ce François Mitterrand des journaux et des livres d’histoire a-t-il bien été son père?Pour lutter contre l’oubli, elle doit faire revivre, à tout prix, la petite fille heureuse qu’elle a été, ses paysages et ses jeux d’enfant, ses parents amoureux, le trio idéal, jalousement gardés dans un coin de sa mémoire… Tissant les instants magiques, banals ou cruels d’une enfance pas comme les autres, passée auprès d’un père président de la République, Mazarine fait surgir la figure étonnante de l’homme qu’elle a connu, celle d’un père aimant et exclusif. Et c’est cette image émouvante, salvatrice, qu’elle s’autorise enfin à partager.

During the 1970s radical politics in France underwent major changes, transformed by the rise of the Socialist Party, the decline of the Communists, and the loss of faith in Marxism. These changes, together with the lessened impact of the industrial proletariat and the problems presented by Mitterrand's sweeping Socialist victory in 1981, signalled a veritable turning point in modern French history. This book offers a historical and political analysis of the history of labor, Socialism, and Communism in France since the Revolution, an analysis that is essential for understanding recent French political developments. Unlike most books, which treat labor, Socialist and Communist history separately and view French Marxism as a self-contained philosophical phenomenon, Marxism and the French Left offers a refreshingly different approach to the subject. Judt emphasizes the complex and interwoven themes that unify the topics of his essays to construct a distinctive and original interpretation of French left-wing politics over the past 150 years.

On the title page: One hundred and twenty-two statements and documents from Gorbachev, Thatcher, Mitterrand, and others are presented along with an interpretive introduction detailing the role of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), widely regarded as the most promising foundation of Europe's Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

'One of the funniest, most riotously inventive and enjoyable novels you’ll read this year' - ObserverRoland Barthes is knocked down in a Paris street by a laundry van. It’s February 1980 and he has just come from lunch with Francois Mitterrand. Barthes dies soon afterwards. History tells us it was an accident. But what if it were an assassination? What if Barthes was carrying a document of unbelievable, global importance? A document explaining the seventh function of language – an idea so powerful it gives whoever masters it the ability to convince anyone, in any situation, to do anything. Police Captain Jacques Bayard and his reluctant accomplice Simon Herzog set off on a chase that takes them from the corridors of power to backstreet saunas and midnight meetings. What they discover is a worldwide conspiracy involving the President, murderous Bulgarians and a secret international debating society.

Todo el enigma del trópico latinoamericano se puede reducir a la fragancia de una guayaba podrida, afirma Gabriel García Márquez a Plinio Apuley o Mendoza, su amigo desde la juventud; descubre también lo que piensa de la literatura, la fama, la política, el poder, las mujeres, su amistad con Fidel Castro, Mitterrand y Torrijos, así como de su compromiso en la defensa de los derechos humanos. "Está en mi carácter, y ya lo he dicho en muchas entrevistas: nunca, en ninguna circunstancia, he olvidado que en la verdad de mi alma no soy nadie más que uno de los dieciséis hijos del telegrafista de Aracataca.

The Edifice Complex explores the intimate and inextricable relationship between power, money and architecture in the twentieth century. How and why have presidents, prime ministers, mayors, millionaires and bishops come to share such a fascination with grand designs? From Blair to Mitterrand, from Hitler to Stalin to Saddam Hussein, architecture has become an end in itself, as well as a means to an end. This is a book of genuine timeliness, throwing new light on the motivations of the rich and powerful around the world - and on the ways they seek to affect us.

In Exception Taken, Jonathan Buchsbaum examines the movements that have emerged in opposition to the homogenizing force of Hollywood in global filmmaking. While European cinema was entering a steady decline in the 1980s, France sought to strengthen support for its film industry under the new Mitterrand government. Over the following decades, the country lobbied partners in the European Economic Community to design strategies to protect the audiovisual industries and to resist cultural free-trade pressures in international trade agreements. These struggles to preserve the autonomy of national artistic prerogatives emboldened many countries to question the benefits of accelerated globalization.Led by the energetic minister of culture Jack Lang, France initiated a series of measures to support all sectors of the film industry. Lang introduced laws mandating that state and private television invest in the film industry, effectively replacing the revenue lost from a shrinking theatrical audience for French films. With the formation of the European Union in 1992, Europe passed a new treaty (Maastricht) that extended its legal purview to culture for the first time, setting up the dramatic confrontation over the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT) in 1993. Pushed by France, the EU fought the United States over the idea that countries should preserve their right to regulate cultural activity as they saw fit. France and Canada then initiated a campaign to protect cultural diversity within UNESCO that led to the passage of the Convention on Cultural Diversity in 2005. As France pursued these efforts to protect cultural diversity beyond its borders, it also articulated "a certain idea of cinema" that did not simply defend a narrow vision of national cinema. France promoted both commercial cinema and art cinema, disproving announcements of the death of cinema.

Todo el enigma del trópico latinoamericano se puede reducir a la fragancia de una guayaba podrida, afirma Gabriel García Márquez a Plinio Apuley o Mendoza, su amigo desde la juventud; descubre también lo que piensa de la literatura, la fama, la política, el poder, las mujeres, su amistad con Fidel Castro, Mitterrand y Torrijos, así como de su compromiso en la defensa de los derechos humanos. "Está en mi carácter, y ya lo he dicho en muchas entrevistas: nunca, en ninguna circunstancia, he olvidado que en la verdad de mi alma no soy nadie más que uno de los dieciséis hijos del telegrafista de Aracataca.