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

ISBN-13: 9781349416080 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 258 str.

A. Menon

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

ANAND MENON is Lecturer in Politics at the Centre for European Politics, Economics and Society, 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 Supérieur des Affaires de Défense, Université 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.