Autonomy or Power?: The Franco-German Relationship and Europe’s Strategic Choices, 1955-1995 (The Franco-German Relationship and Europe’s Strategic Choices, 1955-1995)
France and Germany were among the major powers that abruptly lost that status as a consequence of World War II. Far from opening the door to a stronger world military role for Western Europe, the end of the Cold War is likely to serve merely to consolidate the existing situation.