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Anglo-American Strategic Relations and the French Problem, 1960-1963 A Troubled Partnership

By Constantine A. Pagedas Copyright 2000
328 Pages
by Routledge

328 Pages
by Routledge

328 Pages
by Routledge

Drawing on official records and private papers, this book offers insights into Anglo-American reactions to France's development of an independent nuclear capability; France's bid for the political leadership of Europe; Britain's first application to join the EEC; the controversial US multilateral force (MLF) proposal for NATO; Britain's numerous propositions to France for the development of an... Read more
Convergence and divergence - aspects of Anglo-American relations with France in the 1950s; idees fixes - American in sitivity and French isolation; British uncertainty - the afterlife of Blue Streak and the Grand Design; an old problem and a new relationship; conflict and compromise - the origins of the breakdown of Anglo-American relations with France; denouement - the December meetingsof 1962 and the General's veto.

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Constantine A. Pagedas

'An important book ... the main argument is convicingly documented and deployed.' - Journal of Military History

'Fascinating ... an absorbing account.' - Journal of American History