1st Edition

Alliance Within The Alliance? Franco-german Military Cooperation And The European Pillar Of Defense

By David G. Haglund Copyright 1991
228 Pages
by Routledge

228 Pages
by Routledge

229 Pages
by Routledge

This book is about the Franco-German military cooperation. It discusses the ending of the Cold War, the likelihood of a continuation and deepening of security cooperation between France and Germany and the impact this might have upon the transformation of the Atlantic Alliance.

1. The Contemporary "Demand" for a European Pillar: Origins and Complications 2. The US Commitment to European Security 3. The Franco-German Security Conundrum: A Conceptual and Historical Overview 4. "Le nucleaire ne se partage pas": The Puzzle of a European Nuclear Deterrent 5. Watch on the Elbe? France and the Conventional Defense of Germany 6. The Elusive European Defense Industrial Base 7. After the Wall: France, Germany, and the Variable Geometry of European Security

Biography

David G. Haglund