Chapter 1 France’s Difficult Entry into the Cold War (1945–1950)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I THE ERA OF FRUSTRATION (1945–1958)
7. Chapter 1 France’s Difficult Entry into the Cold War (1945–1950) 7
8. Chapter 2 French Powerlessness (1951–1958) 24
9. Part II CHALLENGING THE STATUS QUO (1958–1969)
10. Chapter 3 Re-establishing France’s ‘Rank’ (1958–1961) 43
11. Chapter 4 Challenging the Established Order (1962–1965) 55
12. Chapter 5 The Apogee of de Gaulle’s Grand Policy (1966–1969) 68
13. Part III MANAGING DE GAULLE’S LEGACY (1969–1981)
14. Chapter 6 Opting for Continuity (1969–1974) 81
15. Chapter 7 The Education of a President (1974–1981) 97
16. Part IV THE END OF THE COLD WAR (1981–1995)
17. Chapter 8 New Cold War, New Détente (1981–1988) 115
18. Chapter 9 The End of ‘Yalta’ (1988–1995) 130
19. Part V FRANCE AND GLOBALIZATION (1995–2015)
20. Chapter 10 In Search of a Multipolar World (1995–2007) 151
21. Epilogue: From Sarkozy to Hollande 177
22. Appendix 193
23. Bibliography 199
24. Index 213