He was inspired by a visit to France.
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One of these days I'll have to write about American Gaullism -- Burnham was one as well. And it feeds into a certain Caesarist strain in paleo-con thought.
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Depends on what you mean by Gaullism. Nixon authoritarian, yes; in other respects you'd have to persuade me there is something to the analogy. I don't see it at first glance.
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I'm basing this partly on Nixon's admiration for De Gaulle in Leaders, but also on a certain conception on of the presidency as the embodiment of the national will in global arena & of a certain ideological flexibility on domestic affairs to bolster that presidency
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