Charles Cogan
Biographic Data
| ID | 985808 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles Cogan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles |
| FAMILY NAME | Cogan |
| SIGNATURE | COGAN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University Press |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Le renseignement et la démocratie
Mitterrand, France, and Nato
L'échec du no-spy agreement
Washington, Sarkozy, and the Defence of Europe
With the onset of the Sarkozy presidency, an ‘era of good feeling’ has set in for the often fraught French–American relationship. But it is also a hyper presidency, as there is no way of predicting what surprise initiatives Sarkozy will think up next, and this may create problems, or at least adjustments, in the way Washington views him. Sarkozy's stated aim to bring France fully back into NATO was fulfilled at the NATO summit in April 2009, alth…
Stay-Behind’ in France
Stay-behind networks in France were set up starting in 1948 and were aimed at responding to the possibility of a Soviet armed attack into Western Europe. Participants were identified, and arms and explosives cached, to be activated in case of hostilities. This activity became folded into a multilateral effort under the Allied Coordination Committee (ACC) of NATO. In France, the network was run as a highly compartmented activity under the French e…
French Negotiating Behavior
The Iraq Crisis and France
Response to Michael Creswell and Marc Trachtenberg
Three scholars offer separate responses to the article by Michael Creswell and Marc Trachtenberg. The responses include some common points, but they diverge sharply in other respects. The first two respondents generally agree with the conclusions reached by Creswell and Trachtenberg, but one of them believes that the article goes too far (in its contention that France's anxiety about the Soviet Union eclipsed its concerns about Germany), whereas …
Integrated Command…or Military Protectorate
Charles de Gaulle, born in 1890, grew up in the spirit of la revanche, inculcated in part by his monarchist (albeit dreyfusard) father. The monarchy of the “Sun King,” Louis XIV, transmuted into “la grande nation” of Napoleonic times, had been humiliated by a middle state, Prussia, in 1870. France had had two of its eastern provinces, Alsace and Lorraine, taken away from it (although two centuries earlier France had wrested control of German-spea…
France, the United States and the invisible Algerian outcome
The American administration was much influenced through the late 1950s by the consequences of decolonisation. Though a nation historically committed to anti-imperialism, members of the American administration became anxious at the extent to which recently independent states were coalescing into a large ‘neutralist’ bloc likely to threaten US interests, particularly in the UN. Washington feared in particular that this Afro-Asian grouping might fal…
The Third Option
Preface Introduction From the Fall of the Berlin Wall to the Change in the Nature of NATO (November 1989 - July 1990) From the Gulf War to the New Strategic Concept (July 1990 - December 1991) From the Bosnian War to France's Move Towards NATO (1992 - December 1995) From the AFSOUTH Imbroglio to the Madrid Summit (1996 - July 1997) The Turn Towards Autonomy (St. Malo to Kosovo to Cologne) The European Union Becomes a Defense Organization (July 19…
A European Security Architecture After the Cold War
Journal Article A European Security Architecture After the Cold War: Questions of Legitimacy Get access A European Security Architecture After the Cold War: Questions of Legitimacy by Gülnur Aybet. London, MacMillan, 2000. 316 pp. $69.95. Charles G. Cogan Charles G. Cogan Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 116, Issue 1, Spring 2001, Pages 148–150, https:/…
Forced to Choose
Introduction Russian Hope and its Disappointments The Attempt at a Renewal of the Entente Cordiale The Turn toward Europe: The Brussels Treaty and the Western Union The Turn Toward Washington: The North Atlantic Treaty The Alliance Produces an Organization: NATO NATO Produces an Integrated Command The Return of the Supreme Commander Epilogue
Oldest Allies, Guarded Friends
Covert action and congressional oversight
Covert action, i.e. covert operations whose main object is not the collection of intelligence, is a child of the Cold War. Almost haphazardly, it came to be conducted by the CIA, the nation's principal foreign intelligence service. Covert action, in its early years surrounded by secrecy, did not become legally subjected to congressional oversight until the Hughes‐Ryan Amendment, 14 years after the Bay of Pigs. In this legislation, and in the foll…
The Break-Up
Not to offend
Ten years ago, in a devilish “soft war” scenario, Iranian militants seized 65 (later 53) innocent American officials in Tehran. The move was immediately endorsed by Ayatollah Khomeini, who soon laid down his terms: no harm to the hostages but no release until Iran had gained satisfaction for its “grievances.” The Carter Administration hesitated, as a dialectic within the U. S. leadership emerged. One group held that the hostages would be released…
Response to Michael Creswell and Marc Trachtenberg
Three scholars offer separate responses to the article by Michael Creswell and Marc Trachtenberg. The responses include some common points, but they diverge sharply in other respects. The first two respondents generally agree with the conclusions reached by Creswell and Trachtenberg, but one of them believes that the article goes too far (in its contention that France's anxiety about the Soviet Union eclipsed its concerns about Germany), whereas …
French Negotiating Behavior
France, the United States and the invisible Algerian outcome
The American administration was much influenced through the late 1950s by the consequences of decolonisation. Though a nation historically committed to anti-imperialism, members of the American administration became anxious at the extent to which recently independent states were coalescing into a large ‘neutralist’ bloc likely to threaten US interests, particularly in the UN. Washington feared in particular that this Afro-Asian grouping might fal…
Oldest Allies, Guarded Friends
The Iraq Crisis and France
Forced to Choose
Introduction Russian Hope and its Disappointments The Attempt at a Renewal of the Entente Cordiale The Turn toward Europe: The Brussels Treaty and the Western Union The Turn Toward Washington: The North Atlantic Treaty The Alliance Produces an Organization: NATO NATO Produces an Integrated Command The Return of the Supreme Commander Epilogue
The Break-Up
Not to offend
Ten years ago, in a devilish “soft war” scenario, Iranian militants seized 65 (later 53) innocent American officials in Tehran. The move was immediately endorsed by Ayatollah Khomeini, who soon laid down his terms: no harm to the hostages but no release until Iran had gained satisfaction for its “grievances.” The Carter Administration hesitated, as a dialectic within the U. S. leadership emerged. One group held that the hostages would be released…
The Break-Up
Covert action and congressional oversight
Covert action, i.e. covert operations whose main object is not the collection of intelligence, is a child of the Cold War. Almost haphazardly, it came to be conducted by the CIA, the nation's principal foreign intelligence service. Covert action, in its early years surrounded by secrecy, did not become legally subjected to congressional oversight until the Hughes‐Ryan Amendment, 14 years after the Bay of Pigs. In this legislation, and in the foll…
Oldest Allies, Guarded Friends
Forced to Choose
Introduction Russian Hope and its Disappointments The Attempt at a Renewal of the Entente Cordiale The Turn toward Europe: The Brussels Treaty and the Western Union The Turn Toward Washington: The North Atlantic Treaty The Alliance Produces an Organization: NATO NATO Produces an Integrated Command The Return of the Supreme Commander Epilogue
A European Security Architecture After the Cold War
Journal Article A European Security Architecture After the Cold War: Questions of Legitimacy Get access A European Security Architecture After the Cold War: Questions of Legitimacy by Gülnur Aybet. London, MacMillan, 2000. 316 pp. $69.95. Charles G. Cogan Charles G. Cogan Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 116, Issue 1, Spring 2001, Pages 148–150, https:/…
Integrated Command…or Military Protectorate
Charles de Gaulle, born in 1890, grew up in the spirit of la revanche, inculcated in part by his monarchist (albeit dreyfusard) father. The monarchy of the “Sun King,” Louis XIV, transmuted into “la grande nation” of Napoleonic times, had been humiliated by a middle state, Prussia, in 1870. France had had two of its eastern provinces, Alsace and Lorraine, taken away from it (although two centuries earlier France had wrested control of German-spea…
France, the United States and the invisible Algerian outcome
The American administration was much influenced through the late 1950s by the consequences of decolonisation. Though a nation historically committed to anti-imperialism, members of the American administration became anxious at the extent to which recently independent states were coalescing into a large ‘neutralist’ bloc likely to threaten US interests, particularly in the UN. Washington feared in particular that this Afro-Asian grouping might fal…
The Third Option
Preface Introduction From the Fall of the Berlin Wall to the Change in the Nature of NATO (November 1989 - July 1990) From the Gulf War to the New Strategic Concept (July 1990 - December 1991) From the Bosnian War to France's Move Towards NATO (1992 - December 1995) From the AFSOUTH Imbroglio to the Madrid Summit (1996 - July 1997) The Turn Towards Autonomy (St. Malo to Kosovo to Cologne) The European Union Becomes a Defense Organization (July 19…
Response to Michael Creswell and Marc Trachtenberg
Three scholars offer separate responses to the article by Michael Creswell and Marc Trachtenberg. The responses include some common points, but they diverge sharply in other respects. The first two respondents generally agree with the conclusions reached by Creswell and Trachtenberg, but one of them believes that the article goes too far (in its contention that France's anxiety about the Soviet Union eclipsed its concerns about Germany), whereas …
French Negotiating Behavior
The Iraq Crisis and France
Stay-Behind’ in France
Stay-behind networks in France were set up starting in 1948 and were aimed at responding to the possibility of a Soviet armed attack into Western Europe. Participants were identified, and arms and explosives cached, to be activated in case of hostilities. This activity became folded into a multilateral effort under the Allied Coordination Committee (ACC) of NATO. In France, the network was run as a highly compartmented activity under the French e…
Washington, Sarkozy, and the Defence of Europe
With the onset of the Sarkozy presidency, an ‘era of good feeling’ has set in for the often fraught French–American relationship. But it is also a hyper presidency, as there is no way of predicting what surprise initiatives Sarkozy will think up next, and this may create problems, or at least adjustments, in the way Washington views him. Sarkozy's stated aim to bring France fully back into NATO was fulfilled at the NATO summit in April 2009, alth…
Mitterrand, France, and Nato
L'échec du no-spy agreement
Le renseignement et la démocratie
Political science (16 works) · Law (12 works) · Law (11 works) · History (9 works) · Politics (8 works) · History (7 works) · Economics (5 works) · Political economy (5 works) · Communism, Protests, Social Movements (3 works) · Economic history (3 works)