Western Europe and French nuclear tests in the 1960s and 1970s. “Proof of independence” or “pathetic military triumphalism”?
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TexteLangue : français Détails de publication : 2023.
Ressources en ligne : Abrégé : The geography of Western European reactions to French nuclear tests in the Pacific stems from a conjunction of political, strategic and cultural factors exacerbated by the ruptures of the late 1960s and early 1970s, such as the rise of environmentalism, the emancipation of youth, the end of the decolonization process, the revival of Third Worldism, but also East-West detente, which favored neutralism and shifted tensions towards the Mediterranean, the Middle East and Africa. The result was a North-South European divide that suggested a southern Europe largely won over to the French cause, while the main criticisms came from the Northern part of the continent, with two exceptions: the United Kingdom and the FRG.
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The geography of Western European reactions to French nuclear tests in the Pacific stems from a conjunction of political, strategic and cultural factors exacerbated by the ruptures of the late 1960s and early 1970s, such as the rise of environmentalism, the emancipation of youth, the end of the decolonization process, the revival of Third Worldism, but also East-West detente, which favored neutralism and shifted tensions towards the Mediterranean, the Middle East and Africa. The result was a North-South European divide that suggested a southern Europe largely won over to the French cause, while the main criticisms came from the Northern part of the continent, with two exceptions: the United Kingdom and the FRG.
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