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General de Gaulle´s Cold War: Challenging American Hegemony, 1963-68
Garret Joseph Martin
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Description for General de Gaulle´s Cold War: Challenging American Hegemony, 1963-68
Paperback. The greatest threat to the Western alliance in the 1960s did not come from an enemy, but from an ally. France, led by its mercurial leader General Charles de Gaulle, launched a global and comprehensive challenge to the United State's leadership of the Free World, tackling not only the political but also the military, economic, and monetary spheres. Series: Berghahn Monographs in French Studies. Num Pages: 282 pages, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
The greatest threat to the Western alliance in the 1960s did not come from an enemy, but from an ally. France, led by its mercurial leader General Charles de Gaulle, launched a global and comprehensive challenge to the United State's leadership of the Free World, tackling not only the political but also the military, economic, and monetary spheres. Successive American administrations fretted about de Gaulle, whom they viewed as an irresponsible nationalist at best and a threat to their presence in Europe at worst. Based on extensive international research, this book is an original analysis of France's ambitious grand strategy ... Read more
The greatest threat to the Western alliance in the 1960s did not come from an enemy, but from an ally. France, led by its mercurial leader General Charles de Gaulle, launched a global and comprehensive challenge to the United State's leadership of the Free World, tackling not only the political but also the military, economic, and monetary spheres. Successive American administrations fretted about de Gaulle, whom they viewed as an irresponsible nationalist at best and a threat to their presence in Europe at worst. Based on extensive international research, this book is an original analysis of France's ambitious grand strategy ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Berghahn Monographs in French Studies
Condition
New
Weight
426g
Number of Pages
282
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785330315
SKU
V9781785330315
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About Garret Joseph Martin
Garret Joseph Martin is an Editor-at-Large at the European Institute in Washington, DC. He obtained his PhD in International History at the London School of Economics. He co-edited Globalizing de Gaulle: International Perspectives on French Foreign Policies, 1958-1969 (with Christian Nuenlist and Anna Locher, 2011). He currently teaches courses on the Cold War at George Washington University and on transatlantic ... Read more
Reviews for General de Gaulle´s Cold War: Challenging American Hegemony, 1963-68
...a well-written, vibrant presentation of how world events interacted with and impacted de Gaulle's grand design, creating a comprehensive understanding of the general in the Cold War. Highly recommended.
Choice While there is a lot of information for readers to take in, the subject is inherently complex, spanning different aspects of French foreign policy and the politics ... Read more
Choice While there is a lot of information for readers to take in, the subject is inherently complex, spanning different aspects of French foreign policy and the politics ... Read more