Impact and Implications (2): Nuclear Deterrent and Overall Force Structures

Abstract

Focusing on the two states’ positions toward national nuclear deterrence forces and doctrines, as well as their overall force structures, this chapter continues the comparative analysis of French and German foreign and security policies from the later 1950s to the second half of the 1990s. It further demonstrates the connection between domestic historical constructions, general foreign policy orientations, and numerous individual policy decisions over the four-decade period covered here.