Empire By Integration: The United States And European Integration, 1945-1997

There Are Many Books That Deal With Aspects Of American-western European Relations From 1945 Till Today. But Relatively Few Of Them Analyze In Any Detail The United States And European Integration. This Book Tries To Fill That Need. 1. Introduction And Basic Arguments -- 2. The Public American Position, 1945-1997 -- 3. The Motives For America's Support Of European Integration -- 4. The United States And The Beginnings Of European Integration, 1945-1950 -- 5. The Atlantic Framework For European Integration, 1950-1960 -- 6. De Gaulle's Challenge To The Atlantic Framework, 1960-1969 -- 7. The European Economic Challenge To The Atlantic Framework, 1945-1972 -- 8. The Nixon-kissinger Reappraisal, 1969-1976 -- 9. The Us And European Integration From Carter To Clinton, 1977-1997 -- 10. What Difference Did Us Support Make To European Integration? -- 11. Why Was There Not More Atlantic Integration? -- 12. America's Empire: The Comparative Dimension. Geir Lundestad. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [171]-189) And Index.