France, NATO and the Limits of Independence 1981-97 - by A Menon (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

This book presents the first in-depth assessment of France's policies towards NATO between 1981 and 1997. It also provides a critical assessment of these policies. It argues that France's arms-length relationship with NATO's integrated military structure served its purpose during the Cold War, but increasingly came to impose high costs thereafter.

About the Author

ANAND MENON is Lecturer in Politics at the Centre for European Politics, Economics and Society, Oxford University, and a Fellow of St Antony's College. A former NATO Research Fellow, he has been Fellow of the WEU Institute for Security Studies and a Visiting Professor at the Institut Supérieur des Affaires de Défense, Université de Paris. His publications include (editor with H.Kassim) The European Union and National Industrial Policy; (editor with J.Howarth) The European Union and National Defence Policy; and (editor with J.Forder) The European Union and National Macroeconomic Policy.