1.Introduction and Historical Overview 1 -- September 11 as a Catalyst 6 -- Past as Prologue to the Future 11 -- A "Certain Idea of France" 20 -- Mitterrand Years 26 -- Chirac's Gaullism 29 -- 2. State of U.S.-French Relations Today 35 -- American Power Confounds Gallic Logic 36 -- Diverging U.S. and French World Views 44 -- 3. Genesis of a New Transatlantic Divide 59 -- Using ESDP to Leverage or Constrain American Power 62 -- Saint Malo: A Turning Point? 71 -- Without Tomahawks You Have No Power 76 -- Combined Joint Task Forces and NATO/EU Coalitions 82 -- 4. Balkan Futures and Peace-Support Operations 91 -- Mandate Issues and Rules of Engagement 94 -- "Foot Soldiers for American Knights" 100 -- Peacekeeping or Policing? 106 -- 5. Strategic Stability and the Bush Doctrine 111 -- French Nuclear Weapons and the "Non-use" Strategy 117 -- Deterring Proliferation and WMD Threats 126 -- Missile Defenses and Crisis Stability 133 -- Arms Control and a "Paradise Lost" 140 -- 6. War against Terror and the "Axis of Evil" 151 -- New Threats and Old Nemeses 154 -- Iraq and the Use of Force to Compel Compliance 164 -- Lessons from Enduring Freedom for French Military Interventions 178 -- Iran: Engagement or Rollback? 185 -- North Korea 189 -- 7. A Final Word and a Roadmap for the Future 193.