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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821861703321

Autore

Reyn Sebastian <1967->

Titolo

Atlantis lost : the American experience with De Gaulle, 1958-1969 / / Sebastian Reyn [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-98526-4

9786612985263

90-485-1211-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (547 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

American Studies

Disciplina

970.980

Soggetti

HISTORY / General

United States Foreign relations France

France Foreign relations United States

United States Politics and government 1953-1961

United States Foreign relations 1953-1961

France Foreign relations 1958-1969

France Politics and government 1958-1969

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Organizing the West: Eisenhower, Kennedy, and de Gaulle's 'Tripartite' memorandum proposal, 1958-1962 -- Whose kind of 'Europe'? Kennedy's tug of war with de Gaulle about the Common Market, 1961-1962 -- The clash: Kennedy and de Gaulle's rejection of the Atlantic Partnership, 1962-1963 -- The demise of the last Atlantic project: LBJ and De Gaulle's attack on the multilateral force, 1963-1965 -- De Gaulle throws down the gauntlet: LBJ and the crisis in NATO, 1965-1967 -- Grand designs go bankrupt -- Atlantis lost: the reception of Gaullism in the United States.

Sommario/riassunto

During the 1960s, Charles de Gaulle's greatest quarrel was with the Americans. The American attitude towards this forceful European leader was, however, an equally defining part of the dispute. In this riveting study of transatlantic international relations, Sebastian Reyn traces American responses to de Gaulle's foreign policy from 1958 to 1969,



concluding that how Americans judged de Gaulle depended largely on whether their politics leaned to the left or the right.