1. Personalities and Policies -- 2. Opening Moves -- 3. The Berlin Crisis: Contrasting Franco-American Strategies -- 4. The Challenge of French Nuclear Policy -- 5. Trade and the Atlantic Alliance: Protectionism versus Openness? -- 6. Strain on the Dollar: Franco-American Monetary Disputes -- 7. The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Making of the Double Non -- 8. Debating Detente