The United States and the Nuclear Dimension of European Integration
Gunnar Skogmar
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Paperback. Num Pages: 331 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJK; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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 European Defence Community, the Western European Union and Euratom/the Common Market.
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 European Defence Community, the Western European Union and Euratom/the Common Market.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
331
Condition
New
Number of Pages
331
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349519422
SKU
V9781349519422
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99-15
About Gunnar Skogmar
GUNNAR SKOGMAR was Jean Monnet Professor of European History at Roskilde University and concurrently affiliated with Lund University as Associate Professor of Political Science. His publications in the fields of international nuclear politics, the history of European integration and the security policies of the Nordic countries include, in English, Nuclear Triangle (1993).
Reviews for The United States and the Nuclear Dimension of European Integration
'[A]n essential read for any serious scholars of European integration.' - English Historical Review 'The United States and the Nuclear Dimension of European Integration is an excellent survey and synthesis of the interplay of economic and security motives in the negotiations leading into the Common Market and Euratom...Skogmar has done a great service to both expert and ... Read more