The best probability to Western cohesion within the Nineteen Sixties got here now not from a communist enemy yet from an best friend: France. De Gaulle challenged the dominance of the U.S. by means of bringing crises to the EEC and NATO and looking détente with the Soviet bloc. As this e-book indicates, the united states and Britain cooperated effectively to make sure that his plans didn't prosper.
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