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Pia Christina Wood analyzes the conduct of French foreign policy in the Middle East, beginning with Charles de Gaulle's presidency in 1958. De Gaulle's conception of the international system formed the basis of his policies toward the Arab world and Israel, and shaped the political framework of successive presidents. He enunciated a vigorous global vision which included the determination to reassert French grandeur and independence, the rejection of American leadership and policies, the dissolution of the French empire, the transformation of France's relations with the developing world, and the restoration of cordial relations between French and the Arab world, culminating in his forceful denunciation of Israeli aggression in 1967. Underpinning the study is the framework associated with a middle power's position in an international system dominated until the late 1980s by two superpowers.