France, Germany, and Nuclear Deterrence : : Quarrels and Convergences during the Cold War and Beyond / / ed. by Nicolas Badalassi, Frédéric Gloriant.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2022
• MitwirkendeR: Badalassi, Nicolas,; Bozo, Frédéric,; Meier, Oliver,; Mongin, Dominique,; Mouric, Joël,; Parisi, Ilaria,; Rougé, Guillaume de,; Schoenborn, Benedikt,
• HerausgeberIn: Gloriant, Frédéric,; Lutsch, Andreas,; Pincé, Yannick,; Raflik, Jenny,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (364 p.)

The legacy of World War II and the division of Eastern and Western Europe produced a radical asymmetry, and a variety of misgivings and misunderstandings, in French and German experiences of the nuclear age. At the same time, however, political actors in both nations continually labored to reconcile their differences and engage in productive strategic dialogue. Grounded in cutting-edge research and freshly discovered archival sources, France, Germany, and Nuclear Deterrence teases out the paradoxical nuclear interactions between France and Germany from 1954 to the present day.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I From the Beginning of the Franco-German Strategic Dialogue to the Nuclear Ambiguities of the ‘Adenauer/de Gaulle’ Era -- Chapter 1 Raymond Aron, Germany and the Atomic Bomb -- Chapter 2 France and the Abandoned Dream of a European Bomb, 1954–58 -- Chapter 3 From Bonn to Valhalla? West German Nuclear Ambitions, France and U.S. Nuclear Assistance, 1960–63 -- Chapter 4 De Gaulle’s Nuclear Policy, West Germany and the Second Berlin Crisis. A Historiographical Reappraisal, 1958–63 -- Part II Ostpolitik and the Franco-German Nuclear Relations in the 1970s -- Chapter 5 ‘Military Cooperation Is Not in Itself an Instrument of Progress’ The Role of the French Nuclear Deterrent in Early Concepts of Ostpolitik -- Chapter 6 Implicit Convergence? Franco-German Relations, European Security and Nuclear Cooperation in the Era of Ostpolitik, 1969–74 -- Chapter 7 French Deterrence, the Defence of Europe and the German Question in the 1970s and 1980s -- Part III The ‘Mitterrand/Kohl’ Era and the End of the Cold War -- Chapter 8 Evolution of the French Nuclear Strategy towards Germany during Mitterrand’s Presidency -- Chapter 9 France and the FRG during the 1980s. When Strategic Questions Became Political Debates -- Chapter 10 ‘Not a Nuclear Switzerland’ France’s Deterrent Posture and the Federal Republic of Germany in the 1980s -- Part IV Nuclear Uncertainties in the Post-Cold War Era -- Chapter 11 France, Germany and Nuclear Deterrence since the End of the Cold War. From Estrangement to Rapprochement? -- Chapter 12 Walking Together in Different Directions Prospects for French-German Cooperation on Nuclear Deterrence and Arms Control after the End of the Cold War -- Appendix Figures of the French Nuclear Arsenal and of the U.S. Nuclear Warheads Deployed in NATO-Europe -- Index