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1959: France
In the year and a half from the downfall of the Fourth Republic (May 1958) to the end of 1959, Charles de Gaulle stabilized the French political system, strengthened the country's chronically weak finances, created the new French Community, and gave France a greater voice in world affairs. At the...
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