Overview

This text presents an 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.

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Author:   A. Menon
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.495kg
ISBN:  

9780333773529

ISBN 10:   0333773527
Pages:   258
Publication Date:   13 January 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction The Legacy: France, NATO and the Alliance 1949-1981 France, NATO and the Alliance 1981-1997 International Influence and National Independence Military Power A European Alternative? Institutional Constraints on Policy Adaptation The Politics of Alliance Policy Conclusion References Bibliography Index

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'...a meticulous, informative, lucidly argued, and thought-provoking book. It merits serious consideration and deserves a wide readership.' - Victor Mauer, International Affairs

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ANAND MENON is Lecturer in European Politics, Oxford University, and a Fellow of St Antony's College. A former NATO Research Fellow, he has been Fellow of the WEU Institute for Security Studies and a Visiting Professor at the Institut Supirieur des Affaires de Difense, Universiti de Paris. His publications include (editor with H.Kassim) The European Union and National Industrial Policy; (editor with J.Howarth) The European Union and National Defence Policy; and (editor with J.Forder) The European Union and National Macroeconomic Policy.

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