A Question of Self-Esteem
by Alessandro Brogi · October 30, 2001

This comparative study of French and Italian relations with the US during the early Cold War shows that French and Italian ambitions of status crucially affected the formation of the Western Alliance.
Cold WarForeign relationsFrench National characteristicsHistoryInfluenceItalian National characteristicsNational characteristics, FrenchNational characteristics, ItalianNorth Atlantic Treaty OrganizationWorld War, 1939-1945World war, 1939-1945, influenceUnited states, foreign relations, france