HST 296 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Mutual Assured Destruction, Nato Joint Military Symbology, Great Coalition
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French president, charles de gaulle was kennedy"s most loyal ally during the crisis. German chancellor thought the american government reacted too slowly to the cuban crisis. Wanted to rule france as a monarch and not a politician. Britain applied to be a part of the european economic community. Superpowers now had the power to destroy each other at anytime. Franco-german treaty: signed by gaulle and adenauer. Sealed the rapprochement between enemies and affirmed the accord between the two leaders. Gaulle wanted to offset the dominance america had in the alliance. Nato symbol of postwar international rehabilitation and guarantees security against the soviet union. Germans helped pay some of the costs of having the u. s. protection. This further tied the germans to the united states. In france, nato became an instrument of subordination. Gaulle made plans for ground and submarine launched missiles. Gaulle wanted to turn europe into a europe des parties.
