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THE NATIONAL SECURITY OF FRANCE IN WHITE PAPERS ON DEFENSE. CONTINUITY OR CHANGE?
France after World War II was in a difficult situation. This involved a loss of position, not only as a superpower in the world but in Europe. Superpower, the global position of France, decided to rebuild, after the new president was elected in June 1959, Gen. Ch. de Gaulle. According to his conception of a foreign policy for France it should have a global dimension, supported by the independent French defense not only as a conventional but also nuclear power.
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