The United States and the Nuclear Dimension of European Integration |
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Author:
| Skogmar, Gunnar |
ISBN: | 978-1-4039-3899-2 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2004 |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan Limited
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Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $119.99USD $54.99 |
Book Description:
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The US was a dominant actor in the European integration game in the 1950s, although not normally a formal participant at the negotiation table. The Americans promoted integration based on Franco-German reconciliation and sought to prevent the emergence of nationally controlled nuclear weapons in Germany and France and developments toward an independent European ´Third Force´. Based on material from American, British, French and German archives the book covers the negotiations about the...
More DescriptionThe US was a dominant actor in the European integration game in the 1950s, although not normally a formal participant at the negotiation table. The Americans promoted integration based on Franco-German reconciliation and sought to prevent the emergence of nationally controlled nuclear weapons in Germany and France and developments toward an independent European ´Third Force´. Based on material from American, British, French and German archives the book covers the negotiations about the European Defence Community, the Western European Union and Euratom/the Common Market.