Kennedy, de Gaulle and Western Europe

ERIN MAHAN is a historian at the U.S. Department of State. She received her PhD in history from the University of Virginia in 2000.

• Acknowledgements Introduction Personalities and Policies Opening Moves The Berlin Crisis: Contrasting Franco-American Strategies The Challenge of French Nuclear Policy Trade and the Atlantic Alliance: Protectionism versus Openness? Strain on the Dollar: Franco-American Monetary Disputes The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Making of the Double non Debating Détente Bibliography

'Mahan's book offers by far the most comprehensive assessment of Franco-American relations during the Kennedy presidency.' - Jeffrey Vanke, Assistant Professor, History and International Studies, Guildford College, Greensboro