Most of the historians have falsely concluded cold war as a force on France to give up its ascendency by falling in with US and the west and the base of this conclusion lies on failure of France to achieve the peacemaking role between East and West or to achieve its goals in Germany. But the question that many historians have failed to answer is whether or not France achieved its goal of finding sovereign role in post-war Europe while keeping its independent minded nature and rebuilding its economy.
