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French President Charles de Gaulle (1958-1969) has consistently
fascinated contemporaries and historians. His vision conceived out
of national interest of uniting Europe under French leadership and
overcoming the Cold War still remains relevant and appealing. De
Gaulle's towering personality and his challenge to US hegemony in
the Cold War have inspired a vast number of political biographies
and analyses of the foreign policies of the Fifth Republic mostly
from French or US angle. In contrast, this book serves to
rediscover de Gaulle's global policies how they changed the Cold
War. Offering truly global perspectives on France's approach to the
world during de Gaulle's presidency, the 13 well-matched essays by
leading experts in the field tap into newly available sources drawn
from US, European, Asian, African and Latin American archives.
Together, the contributions integrate previously neglected regions,
actors and topics with more familiar and newly approached phenomena
into a global picture of the General's international policy-making.
The volume at hand is an example of how cutting-edge research
benefits from multipolar and multi-archival approaches and from
attention to big, middle and smaller powers as well as
institutions.
The first comprehensive history of NATO in the 1960s, based on the
systematic use of multinational archival evidence. This new book is
the result of a gathering of leading Cold War historians from both
sides of the Atlantic, including Jeremi Suri, Erin Mahan, and
Leopoldo Nuti. It shows in great detail how the transformation of
NATO since 1991 has opened up new perspectives on the alliance's
evolution during the Cold War. Viewed in retrospect, the 1960s were
instrumental to the strengthening of NATO's political clout, which
proved to be decisive in winning the Cold War - even more so than
NATO's defense and deterrence capabilities. In addition, it shows
that NATO increasingly served as a hub for state, institutional,
transnational, and individual actors in that decade. Contributions
to the book highlight the importance of NATO's ability to generate
"soft power", the scope and limits of alliance consultation, the
important role of common transatlantic values, and the growing
influence of small allies. NATO's survival in the crucial 1960s
provides valuable lessons for the current bargaining on the purpose
and cohesion of the alliance. This book will be of much interest to
students of international history, Cold War studies and strategic
studies.
French President Charles de Gaulle (1958-1969) has consistently
fascinated contemporaries and historians. His vision-conceived out
of national interest-of uniting Europe under French leadership and
overcoming the Cold War still remains relevant and appealing. De
Gaulle's towering personality and his challenge to US hegemony in
the Cold War have inspired a vast number of political biographies
and analyses of the foreign policies of the Fifth Republic mostly
from French or US angle. In contrast, this book serves to
rediscover de Gaulle's global policies how they changed the Cold
War. Offering truly global perspectives on France's approach to the
world during de Gaulle's presidency, the 13 well-matched essays by
leading experts in the field tap into newly available sources drawn
from US, European, Asian, African and Latin American archives.
Together, the contributions integrate previously neglected regions,
actors and topics with more familiar and newly approached phenomena
into a global picture of the General's international policy-making.
The volume at hand is an example of how cutting-edge research
benefits from multipolar and multi-archival approaches and from
attention to big, middle and smaller powers as well as
institutions.
This edited volume explores the significance of the early 'Helsinki
process' as a means of redefining and broadening the concept of
security during the latter half of the Cold War. The early Helsinki
process introduced innovative confidence-building measures, and
made human rights a requirement of a legitimate and
well-functioning international system, thus providing the framework
for disarmament in Europe in the mid-1980s, as well as the
inspiration for the later demise of Communism in Europe. Using
newly declassified archives, the book explores the positions of the
two superpowers and the crucial impact of European Community member
states, which introduced European values into the Cold War debate
on security. It also shows how Eastern and Central European
nations, such as Poland, did not restrict themselves to providing
support to Moscow but, rather, pursued interests of their own. The
volume sheds light on the complementary role of the neutrals as
mediators and special negotiators in the multilateral negotiations;
on the interdependence of politics and economics; and on the link
between military security and the CSCE process.
This edited volume explores the significance of the early 'Helsinki
process' as a means of redefining and broadening the concept of
security during the latter half of the Cold War. The early Helsinki
process introduced innovative confidence-building measures, and
made human rights a requirement of a legitimate and
well-functioning international system, thus providing the framework
for disarmament in Europe in the mid-1980s, as well as the
inspiration for the later demise of Communism in Europe. Using
newly declassified archives, the book explores the positions of the
two superpowers and the crucial impact of European Community member
states, which introduced European values into the Cold War debate
on security. It also shows how Eastern and Central European
nations, such as Poland, did not restrict themselves to providing
support to Moscow but, rather, pursued interests of their own. The
volume sheds light on the complementary role of the neutrals as
mediators and special negotiators in the multilateral negotiations;
on the interdependence of politics and economics; and on the link
between military security and the CSCE process.
The first comprehensive history of NATO in the 1960s, based on the
systematic use of multinational archival evidence.
This new book is the result of a gathering of leading Cold War
historians from both sides of the Atlantic, including Jeremi Suri,
Erin Mahan, and Leopoldo Nuti. It shows in great detail how the
transformation of NATO since 1991 has opened up new perspectives on
the alliances evolution during the Cold War. Viewed in retrospect,
the 1960s were instrumental to the strengthening of NATO's
political clout, which proved to be decisive in winning the Cold
War even more so than NATO's defense and deterrence
capabilities.
In addition, it shows that NATO increasingly served as a hub for
state, institutional, transnational, and individual actors in that
decade. Contributions to the book highlight the importance of
NATO's ability to generate "soft power," the scope and limits of
alliance consultation, the important role of common transatlantic
values, and the growing influence of small allies. NATO's survival
in the crucial 1960s provides valuable lessons for the current
bargaining on the purpose and cohesion of the alliance.
This book will be of much interest to students of international
history, Cold War studies and strategic studies.
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