Building a European Identity

France, the United States, and the Oil Shock, 1973-74
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-78238-688-9
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 12, 242 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 360 g

Reihe: Berghahn Monographs in French Studies

The Arab-Israeli war of 1973, the first oil price shock, and France’s transition from Gaullist to centrist rule in 1974 coincided with the United States’ attempt to redefine transatlantic relations. As the author argues, this was an important moment in which the French political elite responded with an unprecedented effort to construct an internationally influential and internally cohesive European entity. Based on extensive multi-archival research, this study combines analysis of French policy making with an inquiry into the evolution of political language, highlighting the significance of the new concept of a political European identity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gfeller, Aurélie Élisa

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Acronyms and abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1. Meeting the American Challenge: France and the Year of Europe

Chapter 2. Constructing a European Identity

Chapter 3. War in the Middle East. The Europeanization of France’s Arab Policy

Chapter 4. Kissinger, Jobert and the Oil Shock

Chapter 5. From a European Common Voice Towards Atlanticism?

Chapter 6. Building a Political Europe in a Changed International Context: Giscard and the Twin Summits of Paris and Martinique

Conclusions

Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Gfeller, Aurélie Élisa
Aurélie Élisa Gfeller is a Swiss National Science Foundation Ambizione research fellow and a visiting lecturer at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.

Aurélie Élisa Gfeller is a Swiss National Science Foundation Ambizione research fellow and a visiting lecturer at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.