Anglo-American Strategic Relations and the French Problem, 1960-1963

Drawing on official records and private papers, this book offers insights into Anglo-American reactions to France''s development of an independent nuclear capability; France''s bid for the political leadership of Europe; Britain''s first application to join the EEC; the controversial US multilateral force (MLF) proposal for NATO; Britain''s numerous propositions to France for the development of an independent European nuclear force; the tense Anglo-American diplomatic quarrel that was the Skybolt crisis; and the creative diplomacy that produced the Nassau Agreement of December 1962.