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I. The Fall. The Vichy Circle Of French Conservatives -- Self-ensnared: Collaboration With Nazi Germany -- In The Looking Glass: Sorrow And Pity? -- Ii. Authority And Society. The Rulers: Heroic Leadership In Modern France -- The Ruled: Protest As A National Way Of Life -- Confrontation In May 1968 -- Iii. De Gaulle. The Hero As History: De Gaulle's War Memoirs -- De Gaulle As Political Artist: The Will To Grandeur, By Stanley And Inge Hoffmann -- Last Strains And Last Will: De Gaulle's Memoirs Of Hope -- Iv. The Nation In The World. De Gaulle's Foreign Policy: The Stage And The Play, The Power And The Glory -- Perceptions And Policies: France And The United States -- Obstinate Or Obsolete? France, European Integration, And The Fate Of The Nation-state -- Conclusion: Decline Or Renewal? The Nation: What For? Vicissitudes Of French Nationalism, 1871-1973 -- The State: For What Society? Includes Bibliographical References.