This book is about the Franco-German military cooperation. It discusses the ending of the Cold War, the likelihood of a continuation and deepening of security cooperation between France and Germany and the impact this might have upon the transformation of the Atlantic Alliance.

Haglund, David G.

Preface and Acknowledgments -- The Contemporary "Demand" for a European Pillar: Origins and Complications -- The US Commitment to European Security -- The Franco-German Security Conundrum: A Conceptual and Historical Overview -- "Le nucléaire ne se partage pas": The Puzzle of a European Nuclear Deterrent -- Watch on the Elbe? France and the Conventional Defense of Germany -- The Elusive European Defense Industrial Base -- After the Wall: France, Germany, and the Variable Geometry of European Security