Two Strategies for Europe: De Gaulle, the United States, and the Atlantic Alliance

This timely book explores the often stormy French-U.S. relationship and the evolution of the Atlantic Alliance under the presidency of Charles de Gaulle (1958-1969). The first work on this subject to draw on previously inaccessible material from U.S. and French archives, the study offers a comprehensive analysis of Gaullist policies toward NATO and the United States during the 1960s, a period that reached its apogee with de GaulleAIs dramatic decision in 1966 to withdraw from NATOAIs integrated military arm. Retracing the different phases of de GaulleAIs policies, Fr-d-ric Bozo provides valuable insights into current French approaches to foreign and security policy, including the recent attempt by President Chirac to redefine and normalize the France-NATO relationship. As the author shows, de GaulleAIs legacy remains vigorous as France grapples with European integration, its new role within a reformed NATO, and relations with the United States.