| France Restored: Cold War Diplomacy and the Quest for Leadership in Europe, 1944-1954 Contributor(s): Hitchcock, William I. (Author) |
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ISBN: 080784747X ISBN-13: 9780807847473 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $40.38 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1998 Annotation: In an important revision of early Cold War history, Hitchcock restores France's central role in the post-World War II reconstruction of Europe. He focuses on French diplomacy toward the occupation of Germany, the economic reconstruction of the continent, and the crafting of the NATO alliance. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Western Europe - General - Political Science | Security (national & International) - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 327.44 |
| LCCN: 97-51123 |
| Lexile Measure: 1610 |
| Series: New Cold War History |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.77" W x 9.26" (1.06 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Chronological Period - 1950's - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Historians of the Cold War, argues William Hitchcock, have too often overlooked the part that European nations played in shaping the post-World War II international system. In particular, France, a country beset by economic difficulties and political instability in the aftermath of the war, has been given short shrift. With this book, Hitchcock restores France to the narrative of Cold War history and illuminates its central role in the reconstruction of Europe. Drawing on a wide array of evidence from French, American, and British archives, he shows that France constructed a coherent national strategy for domestic and international recovery and pursued that strategy with tenacity and effectiveness in the first postwar decade. This once-occupied nation played a vital part in the occupation and administration of Germany, framed the key institutions of the "new" Europe, helped forge the NATO alliance, and engineered an astonishing economic recovery. In the process, France successfully contested American leadership in Europe and used its position as a key Cold War ally to extract concessions from Washington on a wide range of economic and security issues. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hitchcock, William I.: - William I. Hitchcock is assistant professor of history and associate director of International Security Studies at Yale University. |