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FRENCH GRAND STRATEGY IN AFRICA IN THE FIFTH REPUBLIC
by
Christopher William Griffin
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS)
May 2009
Copyright 2009 Christopher William Griffin
Object Description
| Title | French grand strategy in Africa in the Fifth Republic |
| Author | Griffin, Christopher William |
| Author email | cwgriffi@usc.edu; upcgrif@hotmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | International Relations |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-01-12 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-03-28 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Brand, Laurie |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Wiseman, Geoffrey Dingman, Roger |
| Abstract | Between 1960 and early 2008, France launched 43 military operations in Francophone Africa. The remarkable continuity of France's active military policy in Africa is a puzzle, when one takes into account the major changes in the international strategic environment as well as in French defense policy during the period in question. The conventional wisdom in the literature in French and English is that the continuity of French African military policy can be attributed primarily to ideas rooted in French republican and colonial identity and a continuing belief in a civilizing mission in Africa. My dissertation argues, however, that a realist theory of military intervention, based on the imperative of maintaining France's relative power and security in the international system, is better able to explain French military policy in Africa since 1960. In the dissertation, I analyze nine historical case studies of French operations in Africa, looking specifically at the strategic importance of the target states and their role in regional security in Francophone Africa, the decisions of the major French political officials and senior military officers for intervention, and the greater context of the interventions in the development of defense policy and strategy in the Fifth Republic. I evaluate each case systematically to ascertain the relative explanatory power of both theories as explanations for French military policy in Africa, using hypotheses generated from both realist theory and the conventional wisdom of French colonial identity. |
| Keyword | France; sub-saharan Africa; military intervention; grand strategy; Charles de Gaulle; military strategy |
| Geographic subject (country) | France |
| Geographic subject (continent) | Africa |
| Coverage date | 1960/2008 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2037 |
| Rights | Griffin, Christopher William |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Griffin-2665 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Griffin-2665.pdf |
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| Full text | FRENCH GRAND STRATEGY IN AFRICA IN THE FIFTH REPUBLIC by Christopher William Griffin A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS) May 2009 Copyright 2009 Christopher William Griffin |
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