The French writer Raymond Aron is often praised by liberals for his nuanced, nonideological thinking. In reality, he lived in the pocket of the CIA and gave an intellectual veneer to NATO’s imperialistic foreign policy.
His father was the leader of the Resistance during World War II and later the president of France. Despite a distinguished career as an admiral in the Navy, Philippe de Gaulle, who died on Tuesday night, lived much of his life in a historical figure s shadow.
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