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The French Defence Debate

Consensus and Continuity in the Mitterrand Era

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  • © 2000

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  1. R. E. Utley
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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

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      Pages 1-8

  3. Mitterrand and Defence

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Years of Discord

      • R. E. Utley
      Pages 11-28

    3. Towards a Defence Consensus?

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      Pages 29-47

    4. Mitterrand and Defence: an Overview

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      Pages 48-70

  4. Defence Debate during the Mitterrand Presidency

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
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    2. Defence Planning in the First Term

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      Pages 73-92

    3. Military Intervention in Lebanon and Chad

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      Pages 93-112

    4. The Security Challenge of the 1980s

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      Pages 113-132

    5. The End of the Cold War: a Crisis for French Military Planning?

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      Pages 133-158

    6. Towards a European Defence?

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      Pages 159-178

    7. The New French Interventionism

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      Pages 179-198

  5. Conclusion

    1. Conclusion

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      Pages 199-209

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 210-300
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About this book

The French Defence Debate examines assertions of consensus and continuity in, and surrounding, France's defence since 1958, with primary reference to the political career of François Mitterrand. Mitterrand's influence over defence and security, before and after his election to the presidency, is often underestimated. Nonetheless his impact was substantial, if ultimately for his lack of concern to preserve consensus and his reluctance to instigate necessary changes in France's defence - despite the end of the Cold War, and the military deficiencies and limitations of national independence it exposed.

About the author

RACHEL UTLEY was educated at the University of Leeds, where she was awarded her doctorate in 1998. She has previously taught at the Universities of Leeds and Leicester, and has published a number of articles relating principally to France's external military interventions during the presidency of François Mitterrand.

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