"Competing Missions"
France, Italy, and the Rise of American Hegemony in the Mediterranean
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16530482 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alessandro Brogi (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 741-770 |
| Publication date | 2006-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Diplomatic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0145-2096 • E-ISSN: 1467-7709 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-7709.2006.00575.x |
| OpenAlex | W2132294046 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 9 |
This is a story about unfulfilled dreams. It is about France's failure to regain its world power status, Italy's illusion of becoming the pivotal Mediterranean power, and the United States’ realization that it could not foster its allies’ self-reliance without also accepting their increasing dissent. But this is also a story of success, of how France and Italy redesigned their ambitions of rank and power, adapting to the growing European and transatlantic interdependence, and also of how the United States helped them to recover enough confidence to cope with their own relative decline. While I refer to Mediterranean events and strategies from 1954 to 1958, my main purpose is to draw a more general argument concerning the Western alliance and European integration. France and Italy regarded the Mediterranean as the arena where they could most naturally wage a struggle for power and status, but their ultimate goals and designs remained primarily focused on the continent: a greater role in the Mediterranean could be their key to attain a better mastery of European integration and, consequently, a greater role in the Western alliance. Stressing the persistence of intra-European rivalries during the most crucial phase of continental integration, this perspective helps clarify the American role as well. Washington developed a keen perception of French and Italian designs and ambitions, and was thus able to use them to stabilize the two countries’ domestic politics as well as NATO's balance of power
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2011 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |