Building a European Identity - France, the United States, and the Oil Shock, 1973-74

The Arab-Israeli war of 1973, the first oil price shock, and France's transition from Gaullist to centrist rule in 1974 coincided with the United States' attempt to redefine transatlantic relations. As the author argues, this was an important moment in which the French political elite responded with an unprecedented effort...

List of contents

Acknowledgements

Acronyms and abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1. Meeting the American Challenge: France and the Year of Europe

Chapter 2. Constructing a European Identity

Chapter 3. War in the Middle East. The Europeanization of France's Arab Policy

Chapter 4. Kissinger, Jobert and the Oil Shock

Chapter 5. From a European Common Voice Towards Atlanticism?

Chapter 6. Building a Political Europe in a Changed International Context: Giscard and the Twin Summits of Paris and Martinique

Conclusions

Bibliography

About the author

Aurélie Élisa Gfeller is a Swiss National Science Foundation Ambizione research fellow and a visiting lecturer at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.

Summary

The Arab-Israeli war of 1973, the first oil price shock, and France's transition from Gaullist to centrist rule in 1974 coincided with the United States' attempt to redefine transatlantic relations. As the author argues, this was an important moment in which the French political elite responded with an unprecedented effort...

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• Authors: Aur Lie Lisa Gfeller, Aurélie Élisa Gfeller, Auraelie Elisa Gfeller, Aurelie Elisa Gfeller, Aurélie Élisa Gfeller, Aurlie Elisa Gfeller, Aurelie Elisa Gfeller Gfeller
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2014
• EAN: 9781782386889
• ISBN: 978-1-78238-688-9
• No. of pages: 242
• Series: Berghahn Monographs in French Studies; Berghahn Monographs in French Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; History: 20th Century to Present