Frédéric Bozo is currently Professor in contemporary history and international relations at the Sorbonne (University of Paris III, Department of European Studies). He was previously professor at the University of Nantes (1998-2005) and associate professor at the University of Marne-la-Valle (1994-1998). Born in 1963, Frédéric Bozo was educated at the Ecole normale supérieure, at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris and at Harvard University. He received his doctorate from the University of Paris X - Nanterre (1993) and his habilitation from the Sorbonne - Paris III (1997). His research field is French foreign and security policy, transatlantic relations and Cold War history.

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Prologue: France and the end of the Cold War: A Reappraisal

Introduction: France in East-West Relations, 1981-1988

Chapter 1. The End of "Yalta" (Spring 1988 to Summer 1989)
Chapter 2. Return of the German Question (August to Early November 1989)
Chapter 3. The Fall of the Wall (9-10 November to 31 December 1989)
Chapter 4. The Breakthrough toward German Unity (January to February 1990)
Chapter 5. The Great Bargaining (March to June 1990)
Chapter 6. From London to Paris (Summer and Autumn 1990)
Chapter 7. French Diplomacy and the New European Architecture (1990-1991)

Conclusion: Mitterrand and the End of the USSR

Epilogue: Twenty Years After

Chronology

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