France, NATO and the Limits of Independence, 1981-97: The Politics of Ambivalence / Edition 1

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Overview

This book presents the first in-depth assessment of France's policies towards NATO between 1981 and 1997. It also provides a critical assessment of these policies. It argues that France's arms-length relationship with NATO's integrated military structure served its purpose during the Cold War, but increasingly came to impose high costs thereafter. The author goes on to explain this somewhat puzzling fidelity to inappropriate policies as a function of domestic pressures on French policy-makers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312229313
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	05/06/2000
Edition description:	2000
Pages:	258
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)
Lexile:	1750L (what's this?)

About the Author

Anand Menon is Lecturer in Politics at the Center for European Politics, Economics and Society, Oxford University.

Table of Contents

Introduction
• The Legacy
• France, NATO and the Alliance, 1981-97
• International Influence and National Independence
• Military Power
• A European Alternative?
• Institutional Constraints on Policy Adaptation
• The Politics of Alliance Policy