France, Germany, and Nuclear Deterrence

Nicolas Badalassi is Associate Professor of Contemporary History at the Institut d’Etudes politiques of Aix-en-Provence. His book publications include The CSCE and the End of the Cold War: Diplomacy, Societies and Human Rights, 1972-1990 (Berghahn Books, 2019, coedited with Sarah B. Snyder), and Reconstructing Europe 45 Years after Yalta: The Charter of Paris (1990) (CTHS, 2020, coedited with Jean-Philippe Dumas).

• List of AbbreviationsIntroductionNicolas Badalassi and Frédéric GloriantPart I: From the Beginning of the Franco-German Strategic Dialogue to the Nuclear Ambiguities of the ‘Adenauer/de Gaulle’ EraChapter 1. Raymond Aron, Germany and the Atomic BombJoël MouricChapter 2. France and the Abandoned Dream of a European Bomb, 1954–1958Jenny RaflikChaper 3. From Bonn to Valhalla? West German Nuclear Ambitions, France, and U.S. Nuclear Assistance, 1960–1963Andreas LutschChapter 4. De Gaulle’s Nuclear Policy, West Germany and the Second Berlin Crisis: A Historiographical Reappraisal, 1958–1963Frédéric GloriantPart II: Ostpolitik and the Franco-German Nuclear Relations in the 1970sChapter 5. ‘Military Cooperation Is Not in Itself an Instrument of Progress’: The Role of the French Nuclear Deterrent in Early Concepts of OstpolitikBenedikt SchoenbornChapter 6. Implicit Convergence? Franco-German Relations, European Security and Nuclear Cooperation in the Era of Ostpolitik, 1969–1974Nicolas BadalassiChapter 7. French Deterrence, the Defence of Europe and the German Question, 1975–1983Ilaria ParisiPart III: The ‘Mitterrand/Kohl’ Era and the End of the Cold WarChapter 8. Evolution of the French Nuclear Strategy towards Germany during Mitterrand’s PresidencyDominique MonginChapter 9. France and the FRG during the 1980s: When Strategic Questions Became Political DebatesYannick PincéChapter 10. ‘Not a Nuclear Switzerland’: France’s Deterrent Posture and the Federal Republic of Germany in the 1980sFrédéric BozoPart IV: Nuclear Uncertainties in the Post-Cold War EraChapter 11. France, Germany and Nuclear Deterrence Since the End of the Cold War: From Estrangement to Rapprochement?Guillaume de RougéChapter 12. Walking Together in Different Directions: Prospects for French-German Cooperation on Nuclear Deterrence and Arms Control after the End of the Cold WarOliver MeierAppendix: Figures of the French Nuclear Arsenal and of the U.S. Nuclear Warheads Deployed in NATO-EuropeIndex

“[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