"Empire" by Integration The United States and European Integration, 1945-1997

by Lundestad, Geir

• ISBN13: 9780198782117
• ISBN10: 019878211X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-05-21
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

"Empire" by Integration is the first comprehensive survey of American policy towards European integration from 1945 to the present. Lundestad argues that, unlike other Great Powers, the US strongly supported the integration of the most important area under its influence: Western Europe. Taking a clear, chronological approach to the subject, this study tells its tale in full--from the beginnings of European integration after World War II, the challenge to American policy on European integration by Charles de Gaulle, and the modified support for European integration in the Nixon-Kissinger years up through the present-day revived support for European integration under the Clinton administration. Lundestad thus provides a succinct, provocative, and highly readable account of this crucial aspect of American-Western European relations.

Author Biography

Geir Lundestad is Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute and Professor of International History at the University of Oslo. His numerous publications include The American "Empire" and other Studies of US Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective (1990), The Fall of Great Powers, Peace, Stability, and Legitimacy (1994), and East, West, North, South: Major Developments in International Politics 1945-1996 (1997).
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Table of Contents

Introduction and Basic Arguments

The Public American Position, 1945-1997

The Motives for America's Support of European Integration

The United States and the Beginnings of European Integration, 1945-1950

The Atlantic Framework for European Integration, 1950-1960

De Gaulle's Challenge to the Atlantic Framework, 1960-1969

The European Economic Challenge to the Atlantic Framework, 1945-1972

Nixon-Kissinger Reappraisal, 1969-1976

The US and European Integration from Carter to Clinton, 1977-1997

What Difference did US Support Make to European Integration?

Why Was There Not More Atlantic Integration?

America's "Empire": The Comparative Dimension

The Past, the Present, and the Future

Bibliography

Index

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