In New Defense Policy, France Turns to U.S. and Europe.

In its first new national defense policy in 14 years, France has decided that its security lies within Europe and NATO, establishing a significant shift from the country's longstanding notions of moral and military self-sufficiency. More than four decades ago, Charles de Gaulle, angry with American and British domination of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, said France's military integration into the alliance had been ''stripped of justification.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]