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Building a Political Europe in a Changed International Context
2012
Overview
Seven months after his election, Giscard hosted a Franco-American summit on the French island of Martinique. This summit marked a significant improvement in bilateral relations. Two main factors explain the rapprochement. First, senior U.S. officials changed their tone after Nixon’s August resignation over Watergate. This unprecedented event in U.S. history undermined the confidence of U.S. officials, prompting them to think that the U.S. government had lost some of its authority. The new Ford administration assumed a less confrontational stance in international affairs, being more sympathetic to European concerns and less inclined to unilateralism.¹ Second, Giscard encouraged better relations with the
Publisher
Berghahn Books,Berghahn Books, Incorporated
ISBN
9780857452252, 0857452258
