商品簡介
French leader Charles de Gaulle's Cold War foreign policy has variously been portrayed as irrational and guided mainly by anti-US prejudice by some and by others as merely anti-hegemonic. Additionally, scholars have debated the extent to which de Gaulle's foreign policy was guided by some grand design, and if so, what the goals of his plans were and whether they were achievable. Martin (European Institute, Washington, DC) tackles all of these questions in his analysis of de Gaulle's foreign policy, arguing first that, while de Gaulle was not guided by anti-American hostility, the goal of countering US power became increasingly central to his policies during the 1960s. Secondly, connecting France's policies towards its Western allies with its opening to the Eastern bloc and describing the close ties between France's security and monetary policies, he argues that one can identify a Gaullist grand design that was aimed at recapturing great power status for France and overcoming the bipolar Cold War order. These goals, he further argues, were not quixotic, although de Gaulle did make important mistakes that prevented the realization of his diplomatic agenda. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Garret Joseph Martin is an Editor-at-Large at the European Institute in Washington, DC. He obtained his PhD in International History at the London School of Economics. He co-edited Globalizing de Gaulle: International Perspectives on French Foreign Policies, 1958-1969 (with Christian Nuenlist and Anna Locher, 2011). He currently teaches courses on the Cold War at George Washington University and on transatlantic security at American University.
