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15 janvier 2021
- doi: 10.4000/books.pupvd.23629
- isbn: 9782914518925
- eisbn: 9782354123680
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Antoine Coppolani, « 14- La France de Richard M. Nixon et Henry A. Kissinger », Presses universitaires de Perpignan, ID : 10.4000/books.pupvd.23629
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French-American relations seemingly entered a new era during the Nixon presidency, the beginning of the « slow thaw », as Frank Costaglia puts it. Indeed, both Nixon and Kissinger had plenty of respect for de Gaulle, the man, and his policy of « grandeur ». However one could argue that despite their knowledge and interest in France Nixon and Kissinger implemented a policy of benign neglect regarding that country. In a first period their attention focused on other areas and topics: Vietnam, détente, the opening of China, etc. Then, when they launched the Year of Europe, they found that the United States and France still had a « troubled partnership ». As a matter of fact, Pompidou’s France and especially Michel Jobert’s handling of France foreign policy eventually brought the Year of Europe to a dead-end. What are the reasons of those enduring difficulties in French-American relations? Did Nixon and Kissinger treat France and Europe lightly, seeking in fact to establish a « condominium » of superpowers over their heads? Or was France’s foreign policy uselessly suspicious and even hostile towards the U. S.?