1st Edition
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
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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 independent European nuclear force; the tense Anglo-American diplomatic quarrel that was the Skybolt crisis; and the creative diplomacy that produced the Nassau Agreement of December 1962.
Introduction; Chapter 1 Convergence and Divergence: Aspects of Anglo-American Relations with France in the 1950s; Chapter 2 Idées Fixes : American Insensitivity and French Isolation; Chapter 3 British Uncertainty: The Afterlife of Blue Streak and the ‘Grand Design’; Chapter 4 An Old Problem and a ‘New Relationship’; Chapter 5 Conflict and Compromise: The Origins of the Breakdown of Anglo-American Relations with France; Chapter 6 Dénouement: The December Meetings of 1962 and the General’s Veto; Conclusion Conclusion;
Biography
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
