Description: 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 s...
Brief description: Susan Emanuel has worked as a translator for fifteen years and has translated many articles and books in history, theology, and social sciences. She lives in Burgundy and outside Boston with her husband, a scientist, and their son.
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"Bozo, a top French scholar of foreign policy and strategic affairs, has written a masterful account of the intricate issues that have plagued Franco-American relations for so long." --Foreign Affairs
"[A] fine monograph. . . . Although the strength of the book is its explication of Gaullist politics, Bozo never loses sight of the American perspective or the context of Cold War developments." --Choice Reviews "This is a well-researched and well-written account of Franco-U.S. and Franco-Alliance relations under de Gaulle, drawing on interesting archival material and proffering a valuable French perspective on an issue-area still, in general, inadequately comprehended. This sympathetic translation into English should be welcomed." --International Affairs "For students or scholars trying to probe the causes of the Franco-American rift of the 1960s, or researchers trying to establish what has been recently been written on NATO doctrine or de Gaulle in French, [this book] is an excellent starting point. . . . [A] stimulating and valuable exercise in comparative archival study which will be of interest to both specialists in U.S. foreign policy and those concentrating on Western European diplomacy." --H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online "The prose is clear, the pace is brisk, the scholarship reliable. Bozo provides a thoughtful exposition of de Gaulle's challenge to the United States." --The International History Review "Splendidly researched and written. The book is a major contribution to our understanding of de Gaulle's diplomacy and of NATO politics. Written from the perspective of a French scholar with an excellent knowledge of U.S. policy, it would appeal to the general public concerned with U.S.-European relations, as well as to the academic community." --Stanley Hoffmann "This is a valuable book from a French perspective which looks at the role of NATO in terms other than the essential and unquestionable rock of Western defence and Atlanticism." --Millennium: Journal of International Studies