Anglo-American Strategic Relations and the

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Foreword

ix

Michael Dockrill

Acknowledgements

xiii

List of Abbreviations

xvii

Introduction

1

(9)

Convergence and Divergence: Aspects of Anglo-American Relations with France in the 1950s

10

(46)

France and the `Exclusive Relationship': The Aftermath of Suez

12

(10)

Anglo-American Diplomacy and the `September Memorandum'

22

(13)

Withdrawal of the French Mediterranean Fleet from NATO

35

(8)

British Planning: Thoughts on Europe and America

43

(6)

Conclusion

49

(7)

Idees Fixes: American Insensitivity and French Isolation

56

(36)

The Tripartite Option

58

(11)

Multilateralism vs Nuclear Sharing

69

(16)

Conclusion

85

(7)

British Uncertainty: The Afterlife of Blue Streak and the `Grand Design'

92

(37)

Blue Streak: Life, Death and Rebirth

93

(19)

Planning for the Future: The Grand Design

112

(11)

Conclusion

123

(6)

An Old Problem and a `New Relationship'

129

(47)

The New Administration and Acheson's Report on NATO

130

(12)

The Washington Meeting, April 1961

142

(7)

Kennedy's Visit to Paris, May--June 1961

149

(9)

Rocketry, Tripartism and Anglo-French `Staff Talks'

158

(9)

Conclusion

167

(9)

Conflict and Compromise: The Origins of the Breakdown of Anglo-American Relations with France

176

(49)

What Price Europe?

177

(6)

The Problems of British and French Independent Deterrents

183

(14)

The British Enigma and the Prime Minister's Initiative

197

(19)

Conclusion

216

(9)

Denouement: The December Meetings of 1962 and the General's Veto

225

(49)

A European Deterrent and Other `Sweeteners'

228

(10)

The Skybolt Crisis

238

(6)

The Rambouillet and Nassau Meetings

244

(12)

The Aftermath of Nassau: Macmillan's Last Bid to Enter Europe

256

(9)

Conclusion

265

(9)

Conclusion

274

(11)

Bibliography

285

(20)

Index

305

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Anglo-American Strategic Relations and the French Problem, 1960-1963: A Troubled Partnership

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