1967 | De Gaulle pulls France out of integrated military structure | Jamie Shea's NATO History Class

How did NATO survive the changes of the 1960s? Did the Harmel Doctrine reunite it behind a new sense of purpose; or was it merely an exercise in papering over the cracks?

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[dominiquebeaulieu]

De Gaulle était le plus grand président. He was the greatest president.

[tomdolan]

He famously said when he was accused of abandoning France’s friends. ‘ France does not have friends….it has interests’

[jpaulj]

Il avait raison.La France doit retrouver sa grandeur.
Nous étions à égale distance des Américains et des Russes.

[ihorperec]

De Gaulle was not a smart person. He was a very pompous and pretentious man who did not understand the significance and importance of NATO. The only good thing he did was ending the war in Algeria. His Constitution of 1958 was a disaster. It practically created a monarchy.