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Author Canuel, Hugues, 1969- author.

Title The fall and rise of French sea power : France's quest for an independent naval policy, 1940-1963 / Hugues Canuel
Published Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 346 pages)
Series Studies in naval history and sea power
Studies in naval history and sea power.
Contents Setting the Precedent: Building Up a Free French Fleet -- Laying the Foundations for Rearmament: "The Americans Have Landed!" -- Rearming for War: Allied Framework, French Rivalry -- Planning for an Uncertain Peace: End of an Alliance, Rebuilding Alone -- Facing Opportunities, Threats, and Uncertainties: La défense du Rhin -- Returning to a Strategy of Alliance: A Beautiful Friendship or Bitter Déjà Vu? -- Building a Blue-Water Fleet: Clashing Visions at Home and Abroad -- Going Nuclear: Bases and Submarines -- Conclusion
Summary "Unlike previous authors who described these events as a succession of blundering initiatives by inept political and military leaders, this books illustrates how French political and military leaders succeeded in overcoming disastrous circumstances to repeatedly shape forced compromises, accepting the least bad possible, to succeed in rebuilding the fleet through the terrible ordeal of the Second World War and the arduous renaissance of the Cold War"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 09, 2021)
Subject France. Marine -- History -- 20th century
SUBJECT France. Marine fast
Subject Sea-power -- France -- History -- 20th century
Sea-power
SUBJECT France -- History, Naval. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86002118
Subject France
Genre/Form History
Naval history
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020044352
ISBN 9781682476307
1682476308
Other Titles France's quest for an independent naval policy, 1940-1963