De Gaul's Post-Wwii French Foreign Policy

de gaul had a much greater impact on the post war policy of his country. He tailored a new constitution to suit himself, a feat not even churchill could ma h and he was always haunted by the ghost of 19 forty. His determination that france would never again be either defeated militarily or wholly dependent on powerful allies became the foundation of post war french foreign policy. It shaped the french approach to the ted states as an ally but not an unconditional one. The overriding priority given in both paris and berlin to insuring the success of european integration has often been misunderstood outside the eu. That was very apparent when financial markets around the world anticipated that the uro