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Author Gordon, Philip H., 1962-

Title A certain idea of France : French security policy and the Gaullist legacy / Philip H. Gordon
Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1993]
©1993

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Description xix, 255 pages ; 24 cm
Series Princeton studies in international history and politics
Princeton studies in international history and politics.
Contents Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for A certain idea of France : French security policy and the Gaullist legacy / Philip H. Gordon. -- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog -- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. -- List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Pt. 1 The Gaullist Years 1 Ch. 1 Perspectives on de Gaulle 3 Why Start with de Gaulle? 3 De Gaulle and Change: The Provisory and the Permanent 6 De Gaulle and the Nation-State in Europe 9 De Gaulle's "Idea of France" 14 Independence and Grandeur as Goals and Means 17 Gaullist Ideas and Gaullist Policies 21 Ch. 2 The Missing Pillar: France's Role in the Defense of Europe in the 1950s and 1960s 23 The Missing Pillar during the Fourth Republic 24 The Missing Pillar during the Gaullist Years 29 Explaining the "Missing Pillar" under de Gaulle 31 France's Nuclear Force and Europe 39 The International Context and the French Contribution 46 Ch. 3 Manipulating Ambiguity: Military Doctrines under de Gaulle and Pompidou 53 Conventional Doctrine through the Mid-1960s 53 Early Nuclear Doctrines 57 The Direct Legacy: The Fourquet Doctrine 64 Pompidou's Initial Challenge 68 Codified Ambiguity: The White Paper on National Defense 70 French Military Doctrine in Retrospect 77 Pt. 2 Struggling to Adapt 79 Ch. 4 Giscard's Balancing Act, 1974-1981 81 The "Post-Gaullist" Period 81 Revising France's Military Doctrines 83 Reorganizing the Army, 1975-1977 89 Nuclear Cooperation with the United States 92 Opposition to Change and Its Lessons 93 Defense Policy and the Economic Constraint 100 Conclusions on the Giscardian Experience 104 Ch. 5 Mitterrand's Adaptations, 1981-1986 106 The Socialists' Turnaround and Its Explanations 106 Security Policy under the Socialists: Adapting to de Gaulle 112 Mitterrand's Atlantic Rapprochement: Adapting to NATO 118 The German Role: Adapting to Europe 124 Defense Policy and the Economic Constraint Revisited 134 The Socialists in Retrospect 138 Ch. 6 Tensions in the Consensus, 1986-1989 139 A Changing Military Context and Its Impact on France 140 Cohabitation and the French Defense Debate 144 The Debates of Cohabitation 146 Cohabitation in Retrospect 156 Putting off the Choices: May 1988-May 1989 158 Pt. 3 France in the New Europe 161 Ch. 7 The Gaullist Legacy Today: French Security Policy in the 1990s 163 A Look Back: Continuity Since de Gaulle 163 France and NATO in the 1990s 165 France and the European Security Identity 172 The Lessons of the Persian Gulf War: The View from Paris 178 Conclusions: Continuities amid Change 183 Ch. 8 Epilogue: The Gaullist Legacy and the Post-Cold War World 186 De Gaulle's Post-Cold War World 186 Gaullist Military Logic and the New Europe 191 Reconciling de Gaulle with Europe 197 Notes 203 Glossary of French Terms Used 235 Selected Bibliography 237 Index 251 -- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970 Influence, Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970 Military leadership, France Foreign relations 1945-France Military policy, France Relations Europe, Europe Relations France, Cold War
Analysis France
Politics
France
Politics
France
Politics
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-250) and index
Subject Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970 -- Influence.
Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970 -- Military leadership.
Cold War.
SUBJECT Europe http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045631 -- Relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007590 -- France. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006404
France -- Foreign relations -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88004188
France -- Military policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115071
France -- Relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89002750 -- Europe. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045631
LC no. 92023532
ISBN 0691086478