Myopic Grandeur: The Ambivalence of French Foreign Policy Toward the Far East, 1919-1945

General Charles de Gaulle once said, "France cannot be France without greatness."

France's effort to maintain its presence as a great world power is the subject of Myopic Grandeur, the first major study of French foreign policy initiatives in the Far East from World War I until the conclusion of World War II. France emerged from World War I as the dominant power in Europe and one of the great imperial powers of the world, yet policymakers there faced a dramatic disparity between its great po...