France, Germany, and Nuclear Deterrence
Quarrels and Convergences during the Cold War and Beyond
Nicolas Badalassi editor Frédéric Gloriant editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Berghahn Books
Published:14th Jan '22
Should be back in stock very soon
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.
“[This volume] renews historiography in depth in a field of study that had not undergone any notable changes since the mid-1990s. As rigorous as they are detailed, the various contributions shed new light on the history of the Franco-German dialogue on nuclear matters, and call for a careful reading by anyone who wants to unravel the skein of strategic cooperation between Paris and Berlin today.”• Francia Recensio
“France, Germany, and Nuclear Deterrence offers a much-needed and updated (re-)appraisal of the complex strategic and nuclear relationship between France and Germany.”• Carine Germond, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
“Through an assessment of the current state of research in the field, the editors successfully provide a very differentiated picture of Franco-German security relations with special attention to its nuclear dimension.”• Herman Wentker, Institut für Zeitgeschichte München-Berlin
ISBN: 9781800733251
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364 pages