| The Politics of Grandeur: Ideological Aspects of de Gaulle's Foreign Policy Contributor(s): Cerny, Philip G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521082595 ISBN-13: 9780521082594 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $43.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2008 Annotation: De Gaulle was the first major Western leader to pursue a foreign policy designed consistently to break the vicious circle of the Cold War. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - History | Western Europe - General - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 327.44 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.09 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: De Gaulle was the first major Western leader to pursue a foreign policy designed consistently to break the vicious circle of the Cold War and the straitjacket of the nuclear balance of terror between Russia and the United States. At the same time, he sought to establish in France a new set of institutions designed to break another vicious circle: that of the divisive conflicts between French social groups and political parties, which led to weak governments and an ineffective state. This book studies the link between these two aims, both by examining de Gaulle's political aims and style in a political and cultural context, and by looking first at French policy towards the Atlantic alliance, and then at the impact of de Gaulle's foreign policy on domestic politics. As a result, many of the orthodox notions about de Gaulle are questioned. |
