General de gaulle and the Arab world

Abstract EN

This article details De Gaulle's wide experience of.

and engagement with, the Arab world across his militartf and ftolitical careers.

From his early military posting in the Levant, to his Presidential formulation of foreign policies towards Arab states, the article analyses De Gaulle's motivations, methods and principles.

Particular stress is placed upon the relation Ivttoeen De Gaulle's central political beliefs and his foreign polici/ interi'entions in the Arab world.

F ranco-Algerian history is interpreted in an original fashion in light of this connection.