Kennedy: De Gaulle and Western Europe

In Kennedy, de Gaulle and Western Europe , Mahan revises prevailing interpretations of Franco-American relations during the early 1960s that either chastise de Gaulle for anti-Americanism or Kennedy for imposing U.S. policies on Europe. Summoning a wide range of French and American archival sources, this book demonstrates that the structure and dynamics of the Franco-American relationship during this period were embedded in complex multilateral relationships within the Western alliance.

List of contents

Acknowledgements Introduction Personalities and Policies Opening Moves The Berlin Crisis: Contrasting Franco-American Strategies The Challenge of French Nuclear Policy Trade and the Atlantic Alliance: Protectionism versus Openness? Strain on the Dollar: Franco-American Monetary Disputes The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Making of the Double non Debating Détente Bibliography

About the author

ERIN MAHAN is a historian at the U.S. Department of State. She received her PhD in history from the University of Virginia in 2000.

Summary

In Kennedy, de Gaulle and Western Europe , Mahan revises prevailing interpretations of Franco-American relations during the early 1960s that either chastise de Gaulle for anti-Americanism or Kennedy for imposing U.S. policies on Europe.

Additional text

'Mahan's book offers by far the most comprehensive assessment of Franco-American relations during the Kennedy presidency.' - Jeffrey Vanke, Assistant Professor, History and International Studies, Guildford College, Greensboro

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'Mahan's book offers by far the most comprehensive assessment of Franco-American relations during the Kennedy presidency.' - Jeffrey Vanke, Assistant Professor, History and International Studies, Guildford College, Greensboro

Product details

• Authors: E Mahan, E. Mahan, Erin Mahan
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349430826
• ISBN: 978-1-349-43082-6
• No. of pages: 237
• Series: Cold War History; Cold War History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; Europäische Geschichte, B, History, European History, Historiography, Political History, History: specific events and topics, History of the Americas, History, Modern, Palgrave History Collection, Modern History, America—History, History, general, United States—History, US History, Europe—History