France,NATO and the Limits of Independence The Politics of Ambivalence [Hardcover]

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.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 IndexANAND 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 Sup?rieur des Affaires de D?fense, Universit? 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.