Reconcilable differences : U.S.-French relations in the new era / Michael Brenner and Guillaume Parmentier.

Chapter One, A Unique Partnership -- Chapter Two, Single Superpower Versus Multipolarity. The power of history. The European vision. France's multipolar perspective. The globalization issue. The erratic partner -- Chapter Three, NATO : Lost Opportunities. A clash of two conservatisms, 1990-95. The Chirac years: an earnest attempt to adapt NATO. Mutual dissapointment. Combined joint task forces and the European Security and Defense Identity. Kosovo: toward europeanization -- Chapter Four, High Tension : The Economic Dimension. Head to head? The Uruguay Round. The Boeing affair. U.S. triumphalism. Europe redux. Economic and Monetary Union. The defense industry -- Chapter Five, A Rekindled Alliance. The American perspective. The French perspective. The existential question for France. U.S.-French bilateralism -- Notes -- Index.