André Fontaine (Paris, France; 30 March 1921 – ibidem, 17 March 2013) was a Frenchhistorian and journalist. He started working at Temps Présent, and then was director at Le Monde in 1947,[1] at the official beginning of the Cold War. He became the newspaper's editor from 1969 to 1985, and director from 1985 to 1991. As of February 2007 he was still contributing articles to the paper. André Fontaine is famous for his historical thesis, according to which the Cold War in fact started as soon as 1917 with the cordon sanitaire policy.
Fontaine died in Paris on 17 March 2013, aged 91.[2]
Bibliography
L'Alliance atlantique à l'heure du dégel, Calmann-Lévy, 1960
Histoire de la Guerre froide in two volumes (De la révolution d'octobre à la guerre de Corée and De la guerre de Corée à la crise des alliances), 1965 et 1966, Fayard
La Guerre civile froide, 1969, Fayard
Le Dernier Quart du siècle, 1976, Fayard
La France au bois dormant, 1978, Fayard
Histoire de la détente (Un seul lit pour deux rêves), 1981, Fayard
Sortir de l'hexagonie, Stock 1984
L'un sans l'autre, 1991, Fayard
Après eux le déluge, de Kaboul à Sarajevo, 1995, La Martinière
La Tache rouge, le roman de la Guerre froide, 2004, La Martinière ; re-edited with augmented chronology, Le Seuil, « Points »-histoire, 2006
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