André Fontaine (Paris, France; 30 March 1921 – ibidem, 17 March 2013) was a French historian 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.

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.

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