Anglo-American Strategic Relations and the French Problem, 1960-1963: A Troubled Partnership [Paperback]

Drawing on official records and private papers, this book offers insights into Anglo-American reactions to France's development of an independent nuclear capability; France's bid for the political leadership of Europe; Britain's first application to join the EEC; the controversial US multilateral force (MLF) proposal for NATO; Britain's numerous propositions to France for the development of an independent European nuclear force; the tense Anglo-American diplomatic quarrel that was the Skybolt crisis; and the creative diplomacy that produced the Nassau Agreement of December 1962.Drawing on official records and private papers, this book offers insights into Anglo-American reactions to France's development of an independent nuclear capability and France's bid for the political leadership of Europe.'An important book ... the main argument is convicingly documented and deployed.' - Journal of Military History

'Fascinating ... an absorbing account.' - Journal of American HistoryConvergence and divergence - aspects of Anglo-American relations with France in the 1950s; idees fixes - American in sitivity and French isolation; British uncertainty - the afterlife of Blue Streak and the Grand Design; an old problem and a new relationship; conflict and compromise - the origins of the breakdown of Anglo-American relations with France; denouement - the December meetingsof 1962 and the General's veto.US? 2000 C. Pagedas