Register of Pierre Marie Gallois Speeches and Writings, 1945-1996

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California 94305-6010

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Register of Pierre Marie Gallois Speeches and Writings, 1945-1996

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California

Contact Information

Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Phone: (650) 723-3563
Fax: (650) 725-3445
Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu

Descriptive Summary

Title: Pierre Marie Gallois Speeches and Writings,

Date (inclusive): 1945-1996

Collection number: 81098

Creator: Gallois, Pierre Marie, 1911-

Collection Size: 29 manuscript boxes (12 linear feet)

Repository: Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford, California 94305-6010

Abstract: Books, articles, and lectures, relating to aviation, nuclear weapons, French defense policy, the Cold War, collective security, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives

Language: Mainly in French.

Administrative Information

Access

Collection open for research.

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Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Pierre Marie Gallois Speeches and Writings, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.

Access Points

France. Armée de l'air--Officers.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Aeronautics.

Nuclear weapons.

World politics--1945-

France.

France--Military policy.

Nuclear energy.

Biographical Note

1911, June 29	Born in Turino, Italy
World War II	Flew in bombers from England
1945	Joined the general staff of the French Air Force
	Urged upon President De Gaulle the "Force de Frappe," the independent French nuclear deterrent
1957	Retired as Brigadier General from the French Air Force
	Author, L'Europe au Défi
1958-	Consultant, "Société des Avions Marcel Dassault"
1960	Author, Stratégie a l'Ere Nucléaire
1961	Author, L'Alliance Atlantique
1968	Author, Paradoxes de la Paix
1972	Author, L'Europe Change de Maitre
1975	Author, La Grande Berne
1976	Author, L'Adieu aux Armées
1977	Author, Le Renoncement

Series Description

Box Boxes 1-17

SPEECHES AND WRITINGS (mainly in French), 1945-1981.

Additional Note

Articles, books, editorials, essays, interviews, lectures, studies, work notes, arranged chronologically

Box: 18

SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1981-1982. -

Scope and Content Note

Increment, July 1982

Box Boxes 19-24

SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1970-1989.

Scope and Content Note

Increment, February 1989

Box: 25

SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1955-1991.

Scope and Content Note

Increment, April 1991

Box: 25

BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1991

Container List

SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1945-1981.

Additional Note