The two most momentous and severe national crises for the French people in the Twentieth century brought to power individuals who were uniquely suited to handle these crises: Marshal Phillippe Pétain in dealing with the military defeat of France and the concomitant fall of the Third Republic in 1940, and General Charles de Gaulle in presiding over France in the wake of the fall of the Fourth Republic. Professor Rudolph Binion demonstrates how their personas intertwined and how the crisis of 1958 bears many similarities to the one of 1940, as well as great differences.
Jacques Szaluta (Sat,) studied this question.