France, NATO, and the limits of independence, 1981-97
Subtitle: the politics of ambivalence
By: Anand Menon.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: North Atlantic Treaty Organization.; France -- Military policy.; France -- Foreign relations.; France -- Politics and government -- 1981-1995.
Description: "French policies towards NATO have for many years been the source of considerable bafflement to observers in terms both of their nature and of their purpose. This book presents the first detailed assessment of those policies up to and including the presidency of Jacques Chirac. Apart from detailing the precise nature of the complex relationship between France and NATO, it offers a critique of French policies.

It argues that whilst the policies originally formulated by de Gaulle served France well during the Cold War, they ceased to do so following the revolutions of 1989."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-254) and index.