This work provides a concise and cogent overview of French foreign policy, written in a straightforward style. The main contours of French policy are well laid out, both in terms of its dealings with key countries and institutions, especially the US, the Soviet Union (later Russia), Germany, NATO, and the European Union, and in terms of long-term goals...The reader is ... Read morerewarded with a good grasp of the principles behind the foreign policies of succeeding governments as they wrestled with the vagaries of the Cold War, globalization, and perceived attempts by the US to dominate European politics. Choice This elegant survey of the subject...is the most authoritative and comprehensive account of its subject available and should be read by students, fellow-scholars and anyone engaged in foreign relations with France. French History Bozo commands the details of his country's foreign policy, and he never gets lost in them. French foreign policy, in his view, changes far less than the grand rhetorical declarations of successive presidents might lead one to expect. Foreign Affairs Show Less