General de Gaulle's Cold War : challenging American hegemony, 1963-1968
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
General de Gaulle's Cold War : challenging American hegemony, 1963-1968
(Berghahn monographs in French studies, v. 13)
Berghahn, 2016
- : pbk
Available at 1 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. [251]-265
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 State's 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.
Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: The Quest for Great Power Status, 1963-1965
Chapter 1. All (not so) Quiet on the Western Front
Chapter 2. The Long Road to Moscow
Chapter 3. A "Shining Light" for the World?
Part II: The Rise and Fall of the Gaullist Design, 1966-1968
Chapter 4. 1966, Gaullist Zenith
Chapter 5. Illusion of Independence Part 1, January-June 1967
Chapter 6. Illusion of Independence Part 2, July-December 1967
Chapter 7. The Fall, January-August 1968
Conclusion
Bibliography
Annexes
Endnotes
by "Nielsen BookData"