Does France Still Count? - The French Role in the New Europe

France's political leaders have been deeply committed both to maintaining France's independence and to asserting its leadership role in Europe. The end of the Cold War, the demise of the Europe of Yalta, as well as the unification of Germany, have forced France to rethink its European and international strategies. The purpose of this study is to analyze France's effort to redefine its role in the post-Cold War era and in an integrated Europe, and what that redefined role might mean to France, to Europe, and to the United States. In examining France's international role after the Cold War, Steven Philip Kramer seeks to answer the question, does France still count?

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
A French Vision of Europe: Political and Economic Integration
Security
The French Plan for Europe Unravels
Domestic Politics: The Quest for Identity
Franco-U.S. Relations
Conclusion
Notes
Index

About the author

STEVEN PHILIP KRAMER is Professor of History at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at the National Defense University and is professorial lecturer at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

Product details

• Authors: Steven Kramer, Kramer Steven Philip
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.10.1994
• EAN: 9780275950606
• ISBN: 978-0-275-95060-6
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, EU (European Union), International institutions, Central / national / federal government, EU & European institutions, Central government, Politics, Law, and Government: Comparative Politics