General de Gaulle's Cold War: challenging American hegemony, 1963-1968
The greatest threat to the Western alliance in the 1960s did not come from an enemy, but from an ally. France, led by its mercurial leader General Charles de Gaulle, launched a global and comprehensive challenge to the United States leadership of the Free World, tackling not only the political but also the military, economic, and monetary spheres. Successive American administrations fretted about de Gaulle, whom they viewed as an irresponsible nationalist at best and a threat to their presence …
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- Full title :General de Gaulle's Cold War : challenging American hegemony, 1963-1968 / Garret Joseph Martin.
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The greatest threat to the Western alliance in the 1960s did not come from an enemy, but from an ally. France, led by its mercurial leader General Charles de Gaulle, launched a global and comprehensive challenge to the United States leadership of the Free World, tackling not only the political but also the military, economic, and monetary spheres. Successive American administrations fretted about de Gaulle, whom they viewed as an irresponsible nationalist at best and a threat to their presence in Europe at worst. Based on extensive international research, this book is an original analysis of France's ambitious grand strategy during the 1960s and why it eventually failed. De Gaulle's failed attempt to overcome the Cold War order reveals important insights about why the bipolar international system was able to survive for so long, and why the General's legacy remains significant to current French foreign policy. Garret Joseph Martin is an Editor-at-Large at the European Institute in Washington, DC. He obtained his PhD in International History at the London School of Economics. He co-edited Globalizing de Gaulle: International Perspectives on French Foreign Policies, 1958-1969 (with Christian Nuenlist and Anna Locher, 2011). He currently teaches courses on the Cold War at George Washington University and on transatlantic security at American University.
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- Publication Date:2013.
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- Publisher(s):Berghahn Books
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013.
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- Description:x, 272 pages ; : 25 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781782380153, 1782380159
- oclc:ocn822668097
- LC Classification:DC420
- Dewey Decimal:327.44009/046
Table of Contents
Part I. The quest for great power status, 1963-1965 -- All (not so) quiet on the Western Front -- The long road to Moscow -- A "shining light" for the world? -- Part II. The rise and fall of the Gaullist design, 1966-1968 -- 1966, Gaullist zenith -- Illusion of independence part 1, January-June 1967 -- Illusion of independence part 2, July-December 1967 -- The fall, January-August 1968.
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