France, “Gaullism,” and the Cold War

Bozo, Frédéric

doi:10.1017/chol9780521837200.009

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“…He perceived the hegemonic power of the United States to be particularly threatening and argued that France needed strong, assertive statesmanship to restore its prestige and reassert its independence. The situation in Vietnam provided him with an excellent opportunity to show that France would not submit to American expectations (Bozo 2010).…”

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Willful Blindness: Franco-American Relations and the Escalation of the Vietnam War

Bergeron-Boutin¹

2019

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The long and stable Franco-American diplomatic rapport was undermined throughout the American escalation of the Vietnam War. This paper specifically examines French President Charles de Gaulle’s increasing discontent at his ally’s involvement in Southeast Asia and analyzes the decisions of successive American presidents to ignore him. Beginning in 1961, with the inauguration of American President John F. Kennedy, the paper proceeds chronologically to 1964, by which point transatlantic relations had worsened considerably as a result of de Gaulle’s growing confrontation of the Indochina question. Using archival diplomatic documents from both countries, this paper seeks to explain why the United States government refused to comply with De Gaulle’s requests. This papers makes two main conclusions: American policy makers were willfully blind to their ally’s suggestions and the French proposal for the neutralization of Vietnam was not realistic. These findings are supported by various policy decisions made leading up to the war, relying heavily on primary sources to demonstrate the failings of both the French proposal and the American willingness to consider the perspective of a crucial ally.

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Willful Blindness: Franco-American Relations and the Escalation of the Vietnam War

Bergeron-Boutin¹

2019

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“…Para Bozzo, muitos dos pressupostos do plano Fouche se assemelhavam à perspectiva defendida por George F. Kennan, então já distante do centro da elaboração política externa dos EUA 18 . Ao longo dos próximos anos, apesar do seu anticomunismo e das pesadas críticas que De Gaulle havia feito quando estava na oposição, responsabilizando a URSS e os comunistas pela Guerra Fria, o presidente francês manteve uma agenda bastante dinâmica com vistas a melhorar as relações com a URSS e com os países do Leste 19 .…”

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Détente E Détentes Na Época Da Guerra Fria (Décadas De 1960 E 1970)

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Rollo²

2015

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Resumo: Este artigo tem como objetivo o estudo da Détente durante a Guerra Fria. Isto será efetuado pela análise de diferentes modelos analíticos utilizados por especialistas para examinar aquele período histórico. Desse modo, neste trabalho, o desenvolvimento da noção de détente durante a Guerra Fria e as diferentes détentes sublinhadas por diferentes perspectivas serão objeto de escrutínio. Para a consecução desses objetivos, o artigo explora as diferentes características da chamada Détente Francesa, da Ostpolitik e da détente Estadunidense Soviética. Palavras-chave: Guerra Fria; Détente;Abstract: This article has as subject the study of Détente during the Cold War. It will be done by the analysis of different frameworks used by scholars to examine that historical period. Thus, in this work, the development of a notion of Détente during the Cold War and the different détentes highlighted by diverse points of view will be subject of scrutiny. To do that, the article explores the main characteristics of the so-called French Détente, the Ostpolitik, and the US-USSR Détente.

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“…This is evidenced by the widespread French fears at this time about a British and American conspiracy against the French empire in Africa and the Middle East . Events at Suez in 1956 compounded the divide between France and ‘les Anglo‐Saxons’, with Britain prioritizing its relationship with the United States, while France, convinced that the U.K. and the U.S. were to blame for its humiliation at Suez and resentful of the Anglo‐American rapprochement, increasingly pursued a foreign policy independent of the ‘Anglo‐Saxon’ powers . In the African context, this approach informed French policy towards the former Belgian Congo in the nineteen‐sixties, the Nigerian civil war (1967–70), and the Rwandan genocide of 1994, where France stood on the opposing side to Britain and the U.S.A.…”

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Beyond co-operation and competition: Anglo-French relations, connected histories of decolonization and Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence, 1965-80

Warson

2015

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This article analyses Anglo‐French relations with regard to Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence (U.D.I.). It highlights how long‐standing ideas about co‐operation and competition shaped British and French views of each other in the Rhodesian context, as well as French policies towards U.D.I. The article then moves beyond the dichotomy between alliance and acrimony, identifying other themes that informed Anglo‐French relations in this rebellious British colony. By exploring interaction between Britain, France and Rhodesia, it challenges the binaries that dominate the study of the end of European colonial rule in the twentieth century, offering instead a connected history of decolonization.

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France, “Gaullism,” and the Cold War

Cited by 10 publications

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Willful Blindness: Franco-American Relations and the Escalation of the Vietnam War

Willful Blindness: Franco-American Relations and the Escalation of the Vietnam War

Détente E Détentes Na Época Da Guerra Fria (Décadas De 1960 E 1970)

Beyond co-operation and competition: Anglo-French relations, connected histories of decolonization and Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence, 1965-80

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