Atlantis lost : the American experience with De Gaulle, 1958-1969 / Sebastian Reyn.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Reyn, Sebastian, 1967-

Series:

• American studies (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
• American Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• United States--Foreign relations--France.
• United States.
• International relations.
• France.
• United States--Foreign relations--1953-1961.
• United States--Politics and government--1953-1961.
• Politics and government.
• Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970.
• France--Foreign relations--1958-1969.
• France--Foreign relations--United States.
• France--Politics and government--1958-1969.

Physical Description:

547 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2010]

Summary:

Summary: Contents: Part 1; Seperate worlds, different visions. Chapter One: From the Atlantic to the Urals: De Gaulle's 'European' Europe and the United States as the ally of ultimate recourse. Chapter Two: The Atlantic 'Community' in American foreign policy: An ambiguous approach to the Cold War alliance. Part II - Dealing with De Gaulle. Chapter Three: Organizing the West: Eisenhower, Kennedy, and de Gaulle's 'Tripartite' memorandum proposal, 1958-1962. Chapter Four: Of Arms and Men: Kennedy, De Gaulle, and military-strategic reform, 1961-1962. Chapter Five: Whose kind of 'Europe'? Kennedy's tug of war with de Gaulle about the Common Market, 1961-1962. Chapter Six: The Clash: Kennedy and de Gaulle's Rejection of the Atlantic Partnership, 1962-1963. Chapter Seven: The demise of the last Atlantic project: LBJ and De Gaulle's attack on the multilateral force, 1963-1965. Chapter Eight: De Gaulle throws down the gauntlet: LBJ and the crisis in NATO, 1965-1967. Chapter Nine: Grand Designs Go Bankrupt. Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-534) and index.

ISBN:

• 9789089642141
• 9089642145

OCLC:

505749919