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France, NATO and the Limits of Independence 1981-97

The Politics of Ambivalence

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  • © 2000

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Authors:
  1. Anand Menon

    1. Lecturer in European Politics, Centre for European Politics, Economics and Society Oxford University, UK
      Fellow of St Antony’s College, UK

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Anand Menon
    Pages 1-6

  3. The Legacy: France, NATO and the Alliance, 1949–81

    • Anand Menon
    Pages 7-33

  4. France, NATO and the Alliance, 1981–97

    • Anand Menon
    Pages 34-60

  5. International Influence and National Independence

    • Anand Menon
    Pages 60-87

  6. Military Power

    • Anand Menon
    Pages 88-119

  7. A European Alternative?

    • Anand Menon
    Pages 120-147

  8. Institutional Constraints on Policy Adaptation

    • Anand Menon
    Pages 148-170

  9. The Politics of Alliance Policy

    • Anand Menon
    Pages 171-197

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 198-258
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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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Lecturer in European Politics, Centre for European Politics, Economics and Society Oxford University, UK

    Anand Menon

  • Fellow of St Antony’s College, UK

    Anand Menon

About the author

ANAND 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 Supérieur des Affaires de Défense, Université 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.

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